In this review, we examine the fungal spore killers. These are meiotic drive elements that
cheat during sexual reproduction to increase their transmission into the next generation …

Cephalosporins are currently the most widely used antibiotics in clinical practice. The main
strain used for the industrial production cephalosporin C (CPC) is Acremonium …

Fungal infections are a major contributor to infectious disease-related deaths worldwide.
Recently, global emergence of the fungal pathogen Candida auris has caused considerable …

Programmed cell death preventing heterokaryon formation in fungi has been proposed to
represent a defense mechanism against conspecific genome exploitation and mycoviruses …

Armillaria species show considerable variation in ecological roles and virulence, from
mycorrhizae and saprophytes to important root pathogens of trees and horticultural crops …

Food demand of growing population can only be met by finding solutions for sustaining the
crop yield. The understanding of basic mechanisms employed by microorganisms for the …

This question of whether fungi undergo apoptosis-like programmed cell death can be
separated into two questions. One question is about applying the term" apoptosis" to fungi …

Fungal infections represent a significant health risk worldwide. Opportunistic infections
caused by yeasts, particularly by Candida spp. and their virulent emerging isolates, have …

The function of small secreted proteins (SSPs) in saprotrophic fungi is, for the most part,
unknown. The white-rot mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus produces considerable amounts of …

Filamentous fungi undergo somatic cell fusion to create a syncytial, interconnected hyphal
network which confers a fitness benefit during colony establishment. However, barriers to …