Cryptococcus spp., in particular Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii, have an
enormous impact on human health worldwide. The global burden of cryptococcal meningitis …

DNA double-strand breaks require repair or risk corrupting the language of life. To ensure
genome integrity and viability, multiple DNA double-strand break repair pathways function in …

Kombucha is a traditional low-alcoholic beverage made from sugared tea and transformed
by a complex microbial consortium including yeasts and acetic acid bacteria (AAB). To study …

Compared to multicellular fungi and unicellular yeasts, unicellular fungi with free-living
flagellated stages (zoospores) remain poorly known and their phylogenetic position is often …

As a metaphor, lemons get a bad rap; however the proverb 'if life gives you lemons, make
lemonade'is often used in a motivational context. The same could be said of Hanseniaspora …

Organisms exhibit extensive variation in ecological niche breadth, from very narrow
(specialists) to very broad (generalists). Two general paradigms have been proposed to …

Prolonged exposure to ultraviolet radiation on human skin can lead to mutations in DNA,
photoaging, suppression of the immune system, and other damage up to skin cancer …

Ascomycota, the largest and most well-studied phylum of fungi, contains three subphyla:
Saccharomycotina (budding yeasts), Pezizomycotina (filamentous fungi), and …

Patients infected with the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus are most effectively treated with a
combination of 5-fluorocytosine (5FC) and amphotericin B. 5FC acts as a prodrug, which is …

Parasitic plants have evolved to be subtly or severely dependent on host plants to complete
their life cycle. To provide new insights into the biology of parasitic plants in general, we …