Michael M. Desai, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and of Physics, hopes to leverage the common fungus to ...

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 45, No. 6 (Dec., 1929), pp. 463-473 (11 pages) Forty strains of yeast-like fungi isolated from sputum are reported in this study. They fall into four genera ...

A component found in all fungi may provide a shield against flu-related lung damage, according to a new study.

Fungi hyphae form mycelium that connects trees and plants ... Thousands of years ago, humans brewed beer not to party, but because yeast — a single-celled fungus — made potentially ...

"If C. albicans exists primarily as a colonizer of the intestine, i.e. as a round yeast form, why are almost all isolates of ...

Toenail fungus is caused by an overgrowth of yeast organisms. In my experience, the problem is normally a sign that yeast is active elsewhere in the body, particularly the gut. Another symptom of ...

Humans have taken advantage of the metabolism in a tiny fungus called yeast to create beer and wine ... Two-thirds of the sugars were reduced to form alcohol, and the other third were oxidized ...

The opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans grows in two forms: yeast and filament. The latter state contributes ... 1 Elucidating these pathways could offer novel strategies to target fungi during ...

Yeast are unicellular fungi ... and by bakers because they can produce carbon dioxide to make bread to rise. Fungi can also form into mushrooms and toadstools. Chef Gennaro: Bacteria is a type ...