HBO’s adaption of The Last of Us, which aired last year, brought fungi’s pathogenic nature to center stage. The silver screen reputation isn’t without due cause: Fungal infections from invasive ...
About 100 years ago, Alexander Fleming demonstrated the formation of penicillin in Penicillium chrysogenum. To date, there is no other known producer of the antibiotic penicillin, which has an annual ...
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Chernobyl’s radiation is feeding mold inside abandoned nuclear sites
In the ruins of Chernobyl’s shattered reactors, something unexpected has taken root. Thick black mats of mold are thriving ...
The ‘paradox of sex’ refers to the puzzle of why the sexual mode of reproduction is more common among living beings than the asexual mode. Sexual reproduction requires at least two mates, exposes ...
HBO’s TV adaptation of the video game The Last of Us opens with a news segment. Within it, two scientists and an interviewer are involved in casual conversation that immediately leaves us distrusting ...
The fungi responsible for toenail infections and athlete's foot may reproduce by making clones of itself. According to a new paper published Wednesday in Genetics, the genome of the fungus responsible ...
Mold is pretty much everywhere. A hugely diverse category of fungi, molds reproduce by releasing clouds of microscopic spores—seed-like particles that can land and thrive almost anywhere with water, ...
Mold is rampant in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and residents there are concerned about their health. But some experts say it is too soon to know how much of a health threat the various types ...
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