University of Queensland researchers say Australia's reptiles are at risk of extinction because a little understood fungus is ...

When the results from skin tests came back, they revealed snake fungal disease, caused by Ophidiomyces ophidiicola, an ...

Aspergillus fungus thrives because its genome bends easily to new pressures. It lives on soil, grains, animal feathers, even ...

Cryptococcus neoformans is one of four fungi classified as "critical priority" on the WHO's Fungal Pathogens Priority List, ...

MBCs, or methyl benzimidazole carbamates, were primarily used to sabotage the fungus’s ability to replicate its own DNA. The ...

A fungal disease affecting Brisbane's water dragons could be a big deal for Australian reptiles, researchers say ...

Concerns are mounting that soil in an Australian city is laced with a deadly pathogen that’s sparked a disease outbreak.

Aspergillus fumigatus is a common fungus; it grows in many places including soil, plant matter, and dust around the world. It can also invade the human body. While most healthy people can eliminate A.

The global distribution of the Aspergillus fungus is undergoing a significant geographic reallocation. Researchers have ...

For anyone who relies on coffee to start their day, coffee wilt disease may be the most important disease you’ve never heard ...

In 2009, the first Candida auris infection was described, and since then it has become a serious problem in healthcare settings worldwide, where it now causes many infections. The World Health ...

Symbiotic and pathogenic fungi that interact with plants are distantly related and don't share many genetic similarities. Comparing plant pathogenic fungi and plant symbiotic fungi, scientists at the ...