Fungal pathogens cause more than a billion human infections every year, resulting in more
than 1.6 million deaths annually. Understanding the natural history and evolutionary ecology …

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

Yeasts, usually defined as unicellular fungi, occur in various fungal lineages. Hence, they
are not a taxonomic unit, but rather represent a fungal lifestyle shared by several unrelated …

Identified in the late nineteenth century as a single species residing on human skin,
Malassezia is now recognized as a diverse genus comprising 18 species inhabiting not only …

Fungi in the basidiomycete genus Malassezia are the most prevalent eukaryotic microbes
resident on the skin of human and other warm-blooded animals and have been implicated in …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), defined as the exchange of genetic material other than from
parent to progeny, is very common in bacteria and appears to constitute the most important …

Diversity within the fungal kingdom is evident from the wide range of morphologies fungi
display as well as the various ecological roles and industrial purposes they serve …

Mycoviruses infect fungi, and while most persist asymptomatically, there are examples of
mycoviruses having both beneficial and detrimental effects on their host. Virus-infected …

Genetic variation in holobionts (host and microbiome), occurring in both host and
microbiome genomes, can be observed from two perspectives: observable variations and …

Owing to the ecological applicability, phytoremediation has attracted extensive attention in
the remediation of heavy metals–contaminated soil, but the slow plant growth and low …