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Fungi
Fungi: are heterotrophs and, like animals, obtain their carbon and energy from other organisms. Some fungi obtain their nutrients from a living host (plant or animal) and are called biotrophs; others obtain their nutrients from dead plants or animals and are called saprotrophs (saprophytes, saprobes).
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AUG 16, 2017
Cancer
A protein from the “shaggy ink cap” mushroom may be a lethal fighter against leukemia cells, scientists repo
...
AUG 04, 2017
Microbiology
There’s all sorts of hype over the human microbiome - the living human microbiome. That is, most people are intere
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 27, 2017
Microbiology
Cheese. I eat a lot of it. Now that I think of it, I’ve never met anyone who didn’t like cheese. How can you
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 24, 2017
Microbiology
These fungi have a unique way of breaking wood down into basic components.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2017
Videos
As summer heats up, you've probably noticed more fireflies in your backyard. These creatures are most visible at the dus
...
JUL 09, 2017
Microbiology
Chocolate, derived from cacao plants, is loved by people the world over. Researchers have found that microbes can keep c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2017
Videos
Some environments on our planet can be extremely unwelcoming and you might be surprised that life is even able to surviv
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 25, 2017
Microbiology
New work shows how easily toxins made by black mold can move into the air and be inhaled.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 24, 2017
Microbiology
Biofilms are often dangerous and they can grow inside the human body on medical devices.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2017
Microbiology
Tooth decay doesn’t just affect adults, it also affects toddlers - a condition called early-childhood caries. Rese
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 14, 2017
Microbiology
An international team of researchers engineered a fungus to kill mosquitoes. Mosquitoes spread serious human dise
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 09, 2017
Microbiology
Everyone needs a helping hand from time to time, right? Well, bacteria are no different. Researchers from the Helmholtz
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 31, 2017
Health & Medicine
Developing a new, specialized treatment for autoimmune disease that doesn’t shut down the entire immune sys
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 19, 2017
Microbiology
Candida auris is often resistant to most antibiotic treatments.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers discover that a common marine sponge plays host to bacteria that generate toxic compounds that are very simi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2017
Plants & Animals
Mankind may know how to farm, but as history shows, ants have been doing it long before humans even walked the Earth; pe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 26, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A recent discovery at the bottom of the sea has scientists all in a flurry: evidence of what could possibly be the oldes
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 05, 2017
Microbiology
I recently saw a headline about how fruit flies that take more naps are more resistant to fungal and bacterial infection
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 31, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Most of us know the dangers of methane. At about 25 times stronger than carbon dioxide, and 33 times the effects when in
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 29, 2017
Immunology
There are more multiple causes of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and more than five approaches to treating it. Well, add
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Fossils are relics left behind by time; they're alone and forgotten in places where even mother nature doesn’t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 17, 2017
Microbiology
More than half of all known plant species survive in rainforests on wet, infertile soil. A different kind of environment
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 13, 2017
Microbiology
Complex cellular life evolved from simpler organisms, and organisms with huge differences have similar evolutionary root
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2016
Plants & Animals
Reindeer, an iconic mammal of the Winter season and well-known for pulling Santa’s sleigh for Christmas, are repor
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard