A special enzyme on the surface of the fungal spores—glycosylasparaginase—apparently suppresses the release of ...

compared to days without thunderstorms (n = 919 days), daily asthma visits increased from 8.6 to 10 (p < 0.05), and air concentrations of fungal spores doubled (from 1,512 to 2,749/m 3), with ...

From each fungal strain, they harvested spores, which were grown individually on agar plates for several weeks so that their DNA could be analyzed and they could be paired with growing spores from ...

Dust can harbor spores that cause valley fever, a fungal infection that can cause serious illness. Experts say dust storms don't seem to increase the levels of fungus in the air or lead to more ...

Published Nov. 13 at 6:00 a.m. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. At some point, Erik McIntyre inhaled the fungal spores. He couldn’t see them, or feel them, and it was weeks before he began to lose energy ...

Mycoses often start in the lungs following inhalation of fungal spores or on the skin due to localized colonization.

at 150° C.), one of the slips of paper is transferred to a sterile Petri dish and a small mass of conidia or spores is placed on the unpunched end of the paper. Using the end of a glass rod ...