Jurassic-era blue-stain fungi fossils found in China push their origin back 80 million years. These fungi pierced wood using ...

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In a remarkable find, 160-million-year-old blue-stain fungi fossils have been unearthed in China's Jurassic Tiaojishan ...

A 160-million-year-old fungus fossil discovery in China is rewriting the history of ancient ecosystems and their evolutionary ...

Its antifungal activity has been associated with perturbation of the production/assembly of the fungal cell wall β-1,3-glucan, but its mode of action is not resolved. In this study, we investigated ...

The fungal cell wall is a complex and flexible structure composed basically of chitin, a- and ß- linked glucans, glycoproteins, and pigments. This structure plays several functions, including ...

the fungal cell wall is a key aspect and great target for fungal vaccine development, as its structure/features are unique to fungal cells. Common to almost all fungal organisms' cell wall are a ...

This Research Topic focuses on the dynamics of the fungal cell wall (CW) and its role during host-fungal interaction. This structure provides mechanical strength to fungal cells, protecting the fungus ...

When observing this relationship between these fungal endophytes and perennial ryegrass, scientists noticed that chitin, which primarily makes up cell walls in fungi, was depleted or modified once ...