Quorum sensing (QS) is one of the most studied cell-cell communication mechanisms in
fungi. Research in the last 20 years has explored various fungal QS systems that are …

SUMMARY True morels (Morchella spp., Morchellaceae, Ascomycota) are widely regarded
as a highly prized delicacy and are of great economic and scientific value. Recently, the …

Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes approximately
625,000 deaths per year from nervous system infections. Here, we leveraged a unique …

Almost all eukaryotes undergo sexual reproduction to generate diversity and select for
fitness in their population pools. Interestingly, the systems by which sex is defined are highly …

G-protein signalling pathways are involved in sensing the environment, enabling fungi to
coordinate cell function, metabolism and development with their surroundings, thereby …

This article provides an overview of sexual reproduction in the ascomycetes, a phylum of
fungi that is named after the specialized sacs or “asci” that hold the sexual spores. They …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are relevant plant symbionts whose hyphae and spores
carry hundreds of coexisting nuclei with supposedly divergent genomes but no sign of …

Cryptococcosis is an important fungal infection in immunocompromised individuals,
especially those infected with HIV. In Brazil, despite the free availability of antiretroviral …

Candida auris is a recently emerged, multidrug-resistant pathogenic yeast capable of
causing a diversity of human infections worldwide. Genetic analyses based on whole …

Mitochondria are best known for their role in the production of ATP; however, recent
research implicates other mitochondrial functions in the virulence of human pathogenic …