As poultry producers continue to shift away from antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs), the role of probiotics in maintaining ...

They are what they are. On Boomtown. Only you know if this excites you. From EA: "The Spore Team is proud to present the Cell Phase, the first stage in the Spore universe. Cell Phase is your ...

Bacillus spores represent a paradigm of microbial resilience, characterised by a complex, multi‐layered protein coat that safeguards the core genetic material during periods of environmental stress.

The pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus escapes elimination from surface cells of the human lung by binding to a human protein. In doing so, it is able to nest in so called phagosomes, confined ...

But identical individuals with mutations in the spoIIR gene, which codes for a secreted protein involved in the mother-spore cell differentiation, can adopt any of four different fates, depending on ...

Blacksburg, Va. – Scientists at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and Duke University Medical Center have pinpointed a fungal gene that appears to play an important role in the development and ...

Most people don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how a fungus reproduces, let alone about what the process might look like. But here you can see a network of soil fungus, with a reproductive spore ...

The pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus is an environmentally prevalent mold found worldwide. However, for people with a weakened immune system, it can become a serious threat. The fungus escapes ...