Fungi and bacteria are found living together in a wide variety of environments. Their
interactions are significant drivers of many ecosystem functions and are important for the …

Fungi and bacteria encounter each other in various niches of the human body. There, they
interact directly with one another or indirectly via the host response. In both cases …

After cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases are the second most common cause of
death worldwide. Although these infections are caused mainly by viruses or bacteria, a …

The relationship between gut microbes and COVID-19 or H1N1 infections is not fully
understood. Here, we compared the gut mycobiota of 67 COVID-19 patients, 35 H1N1 …

The skin microbial community is a multifunctional ecosystem aiding prevention of infections
from transient pathogens, maintenance of host immune homeostasis, and skin health. A …

Candida albicans is frequently detected with heavy infection of Streptococcus mutans in
plaque-biofilms from children affected with early-childhood caries, a prevalent and costly …

Dental caries is the most common oral disease. The bacteriological aetiology of dental
caries promotes the use of antibiotics or antimicrobial agents to prevent this type of oral …

Infections are known to trigger flares of autoimmune diseases in humans and serve as an
inciting cause of autoimmunity in animals. Evidence suggests a causative role of infections …

Soil microbiome manipulation can potentially reduce the use of pesticides by improving the
ability of soils to resist or recover from pathogen infestation, thus generating natural …

Mucosa protects the body against external pathogen invasion. However, pathogen colonies
on the mucosa can invade the mucosa when the immunosurveillance is compromised …