Fungus

COVID-19-triggered Mucormycosis: How is the fungal infection linked to Coronavirus, treatments, more

It is important to remember that Mucormycosis does not spread from person to person, it is not contagious.

Terrestrial microbes could survive briefly on Mars, be a food source for astronauts: Study

The endurance of some microbes to conditions on Mars were tested by launching them into Earth's stratosphere, which closely represents that on Mars.

This drug-resistant super fungus has sent scientists in 30 countries into a funk

C. auris is drug-resistant, it can survive almost anywhere - even on sterilized medical equipment - and it is increasingly causing infections in patients in the ICU.

Superbugs and farming: Unchecked use of anti-fungals in modern agriculture is responsible for rise of deadly germs

Candida auris is a dangerous fungal infection that emerged in 2009 in Japan and, in just a few years, has spread round the world.

Korvaa aiming to be world's first pair of headphones made out of microbes

The headphone is made of yeast, fungus, biosynthetic spider silk, and mycelium-cellulose composite.

1 billion year old, oldest fungus micro-fossil, found in Canada's Arctic region

The previously known oldest fungus fossil was one about 410 million years old and was found in Scotland.

Scientists isolate fungi that can help plants survive in low-water environments

Better growth and health indicators were observed in the plants that were grown with fungi.

A symbiotic partnership between plant and fungus could offer a farming fix in space

With plant hormone strigolactone, scientists grew a petunia-fungi network in simulated microgravity.

'Himalayan Viagra' growing in popularity under threat from climate change: Study

The fungus needs a specific winter temperature below freezing, and soil not permanently frozen.

Hyderabad-based scientists get a step closer to developing disease-resistant variety of maize

orghum Downy Mildew (SDM), which is a foliar disease caused by a fungus called Peronosclerosporasorghi, has been an issue of concern for maize farmers.