Oxygen is the most abundant element in Earth's crust and makes up 21% of Earth's
atmosphere. Oxygen is critical element for life where it functions both as a terminal electron …

Microbial populations form intricate macroscopic colonies with diverse morphologies whose
functions remain to be fully understood. Despite fungal colonies isolated from environmental …

The genus Aspergillus encompasses human pathogens such as Aspergillus fumigatus and
industrial powerhouses such as Aspergillus niger. In both cases, Aspergillus biofilms have …

Human fungal infections may fail to respond to contemporary antifungal therapies in vivo
despite in vitro fungal isolate drug susceptibility. Such a discrepancy between in vitro …

Aspergillus fumigatus is a saprophytic, filamentous fungus found in soils and compost and
the causative agent of several pulmonary diseases in humans, birds, and other mammals. A …

In order to cause disease, all pathogens must tolerate microenvironmental stresses
encountered in vivo during infection. One microenvironmental stress that is known to occur …

Infection by the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus induces hypoxic
microenvironments within the lung that can alter the course of fungal pathogenesis. How …

Over the past two decades, the incidence of fungal infections has dramatically increased.
This is primarily due to increases in the population of immunocompromised individuals …

Background Aspergillus fumigatus is a mold responsible for the majority of cases of
aspergillosis in humans. To survive in the human body, A. fumigatus must adapt to …

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