Biodiversity loss from disturbances caused by human activities means that species are
disappearing at an ever increasing rate. The high number of species that have yet to be …

Fungi have successfully established themselves across seemingly every possible niche,
substrate, and biome. They are fundamental to biogeochemical cycling, interspecies …

Aspergillus fumigatus is a deadly agent of human fungal disease where virulence
heterogeneity is thought to be at least partially structured by genetic variation between …

The black yeast Aureobasidium pullulans is a textbook example of a generalistic and
ubiquitous fungus thriving in a wide variety of environments. To investigate whether A …

Pneumocystis jirovecii, the fungal agent of human Pneumocystis pneumonia, is closely
related to macaque Pneumocystis. Little is known about other Pneumocystis species in …

The fungal pathogen Pneumocystis jirovecii causes Pneumocystis pneumonia. Although the
mitochondrial large subunit rRNA gene (mtLSU) is commonly used as a PCR target, a …

Background Despite the increasing incidences of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP)
in renal transplant recipients, diagnosis of PCP remains challenging due to its nonspecific …

The apparent rarity of sex in many fungal species has raised questions about how much sex
is needed to purge deleterious mutations and how differences in frequency of sex impact …

Pneumocystis jirovecii, a fungus causing severe Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in
humans, has long been described as non-culturable. Only isolated short-term experiments …

Every human being is presumed to be infected by the fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii at least
once in his or her lifetime. This fungus belongs to a large group of species that appear to …