Microbial necromass plays a crucial role in soil organic carbon (SOC) formation, yet the underlying abiotic and biotic factors remain poorly understood, particularly the trophic interactions between ...

Species discovery rates are accelerating, not declining. A new study shows 2020 broke records for new species descriptions, ...

The field of plant–microbe interactions has seen remarkable transformation with the recognition that plants harbour diverse microbial communities—including ...

Then there is the fungus, Beauveria bassiana. This fungus is neither the tree’s nor the beetle’s friend; as a pathogenic ...

Fungi, thriving over a billion years ago in soil, air, and oceans, may have been Earth’s first ecosystem engineers, predating ...

It’s hard to overestimate the importance of fungi—and easy to understate how little we know about them. Scientists have described a little over 100,000 different species, while estimating that there ...

Bark beetles convert spruce tree defenses into more potent antimicrobials to protect themselves, but a fungus can neutralize ...

How fungi ‘superpowers’ from mushroom pellets are restoring forests across the world - ‘Rhizopellets’ are being planted ...

The success of modern medicine rests on the ability to control infections. But decades of antibiotic overuse—in hospitals, ...

And now more cities are implementing curbside composting to help them meet their sustainability goals. New York is currently rolling out a mandatory composting program that will soon be effect in ...

The evolution of antifungal resistance is undermining the armamentarium of antifungal therapeutics and threatens novel agents coming through the pipeline. F2G, an antifungal-focused biopharma company, ...