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Molds and yeast on human bodies and in the air are becoming increasingly resistant to treatment. Experts say the microbes are ...
Don't trip, but the fungi that destroyed civilization in "The Last Of Us" universe isn't just the product of someone's ...
Learn how some fungi turn insects into zombies, others infect humans, and how they can’t be killed with drugs.
And the cycle starts all over. The white stuff that engulfs these flies is a fungus called Entomophthora muscae—Entomophthora translates to “destroyer of insects.” It’s an obligate ...
The characters in the show reference Cordyceps, also known as Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, a real fungal parasite that’s been called the “Zombie-Ant Fungus” because it infects insects and ...
Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: What would you do if a fungus invaded your body, and started consuming you from the inside? It sounds like something out of a horror film ...
Rise of the Zombie Bugs” explores how parasites create real-life zombies in the insect and invertebrate world.
The parasite basically forms its own nervous system of fungal cells, which allow it to control the ants’ muscles like a puppet. The infected ant is forced to climb the stem of a plant to the ...
For Kasson, this curiosity was a gateway into the strange world of arthropod-fungus interactions. “I became really captivated by these obligate parasites, where they absolutely require the host to ...
“It takes time for the parasite to establish itself in a host ... for knowledge gaps and unexplored corners of the enigmatic fungal realm. Their continued ties to the fungal realm and the ...
Caterpillar fungus has been used in traditional herbal medicine for many centuries but has gained popularity in recent decades. Subsequently, driving up the price which can be as much as about $ ...
Cryptococcus neoformans, which causes a potentially deadly form of meningitis, topped WHO’s list of the four fungal parasites that are most critical priority for research and new drug development.