Cow dung is likely behind black fungus (mucormycosis disease) that killed thousands of patients treated in India for COVID-19 in 2021 due to black fungus. Medical researchers say that the cow dung, ...

Research published today in the journal, Nature Communications, provides new insights into the evolution of Mucorales fungi, which cause a fatal infection in ever-increasing segments of patient ...

Mucormycosis is a rapidly progressive, invasive fungal infection that affects patients who are severely immunocompromised, as well as patients with diabetes and persons with immunocompetence who have ...

Scientists at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB-FORTH) and the University of Crete, together with collaborators from Greece, Europe, the U.S., and India, have discovered a ...

Some fungi, particularly species in the order Mucorales, can change from one form to another by changing what genes they express. Mucor lusitanicus will take the form of yeast in anaerobic ...

Cow dung, widely used as a fuel and in rituals in India, is likely behind an epidemic of black fungus that killed or maimed thousands of patients treated in the country for COVID-19 in 2021, say ...

Mucormycosis is a rare but highly deadly fungal infection that most commonly affects immunocompromised individuals, particularly those with diabetes mellitus. Mucormycosis is a life-threatening fungal ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Some fungi, particularly species in the order Mucorales, can change from one form to another by changing what genes they express. Mucor lusitanicus ...