Since time immemorial, plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi have coexisted in a mutually beneficial relationship. The fungi colonize plant roots and help them absorb nutrients. In return, plants ...

A man in China was diagnosed with a serious fungal lung infection reportedly caused by a rather unusual habit- regularly sniffing his dirty socks. The incident, which took place in Chongqing in ...

Apr. 16, 2025 — Engineers have developed a building material that uses the root-like mycelium of a fungus and bacteria cells. Their results show that this material -- which is manufactured with ...

AM fungi make threads of hyphae thinner than spider silk and weave them through plant roots. Then, they begin to trade, offering plants water and phosphorus, a vital plant nutrient in soils.

But for infectious disease specialists like Peter Chin-Hong, one of the most insidious threats lurking in hospitals and clinics today is fungal. Chin-Hong’s case list is long: a healthy 29-year ...

fungal organism in 1972. (Lucille K. Georg / ASSOCIATED PRESS) When most people think of dangerous infections, they picture bacteria or viruses. But for infectious disease specialists like Peter ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Health officials in Montana confirmed the state's first-ever case of the fungal infection Candida auris this week. The fungal infection is multidrug resistant and is most often ...

Watch nutrients flow through an underground circulatory system that connects fungi and plants. A new study shows how these networks form. 0:10 Researchers are trying to understand the underground ...

Bacterial infections kill almost 8m people a year, and most are associated with resistant bacteria. But in recent years another kind of microbe has displayed worrying levels of resistance ...