Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the ...

Researchers at a Swiss university said Thursday that they have uncovered a microscopic fungus that is able to increase the speed of rice growth by five times. In a study published by Switzerland's ...

Cells of the wood-eating fungus, Coniochaeta pulveracea, exhibit both yeast- and fungus-like type characteristics while breaking down twigs from an Acacia tree. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

McIntyre can imagine the moment he encountered those microscopic spores. He remembers driving across dusty Phoenix suburbs with his windows down. But he can’t be sure. These days, the fungus ...

A nail with onychomycosis, commonly caused by nail fungus infections. Microscopic organisms called fungi cause nail fungal ...

Part of the intestine of Caenorhabditis elegans under the microscope, enriched with malpinins ... Unlike us humans, the soil fungus Mortierella alpina has long known a natural trick against ...