Filamentous fungi grow by the elongation of tubular cells called hyphae and form mycelia
through repeated hyphal tip growth and branching. Since hyphal growth is closely related to …

Imaging tip growth in fungal hyphae is highly warranted to unravel the molecular mechanism
of this extraordinarily precise and localized phenomenon. In situ probing of fungal cultures …

Hyphae of filamentous fungi consist of compartments that are distinct both spatially and
functionally, thereby forming a unique multicellular system. Much work has been done …

Successful approaches to identification and/or biological characterization of fungal
specimens through Raman spectroscopy may require the determination of the molecular …

Fungal cell walls are medically important since they represent a drug target site for
antifungal medication. So far there is no method to directly visualize structurally similar cell …

Cell function is related to cell composition. The asexual state of filamentous fungi (molds and
mildews) has two main life cycle stages: vegetative hyphae for substrate colonization and …

Rapid and accurate identification of pathogens causing infections is one of the biggest
challenges of medicine. Timely identification and characterization of fungal pathogens is …

Fungal species perform many important roles in biotechnology and recycling and act as
agents of disease and decay. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has attracted …

Soft rot disease of edible mushrooms leads to rapid degeneration of fungal tissue and thus
severely affects farming productivity worldwide. The bacterial mushroom pathogen …

Synchrotron FTIR can provide high spatial resolution (< 10 μm pixel size) in situ biochemical
analyses of intact biotissues, an area of increasing importance in the post-genomic era, as …