Human and animal fungal pathogens are a growing threat worldwide leading to emerging
infections and creating new risks for established ones. There is a growing need for a rapid …

Correct species identification is becoming increasingly important in clinical diagnostics. Till
now, many mycological laboratories rely on conventional phenotypic identification. But this …

The increase in public online databases dedicated to fungal identification is noteworthy. This
can be attributed to improved access to molecular approaches to characterize fungi, as well …

Fungal research is experiencing a new wave of methodological improvements that most
probably will boost mycology as profoundly as molecular phylogeny has done during the …

The advent of the 21st century has seen significant advances in the methods and practices
used for identification of medically important molds in the clinical microbiology laboratory …

Laboratory Handbook of Medical Mycology summarizes the concepts dealing with the
laboratory aspects of medical mycology. The publication first offers information on basic …

Fungal disease is an increasingly recognised global clinical challenge associated with high
mortality. Early diagnosis of fungal infection remains problematic due to the poor sensitivity …

Taxonomic names are key links between various databases that store information on
different organisms. Several global fungal nomenclural and taxonomic databases (notably …

Species identification lies at the heart of biodiversity studies that has in recent years
favoured DNA-based approaches. Microbial Biological Resource Centres are a rich source …

Studies of the human microbiome frequently omit characterization of fungal communities
(the mycobiome), which limits our ability to investigate how fungal communities influence …