An infected insect will try to mate even though its genitals have been consumed by the fungus and replaced by a plug of fungal structures called conidiospores, which spread their “zombification ...

In stage two of the infection, cicadas then become infected by "conidiospores," which allow them to infect the next generation of cicada nymphs, which won't emerge for another 13 or 17 years ...

This valuable manuscript explores the role of Uso1/p115, a protein that has been implicated in vesicle tethering at the ER-Golgi interface. By investigating a Uso1 mutant that allows Aspergillus cells ...

Upon the death of the host the fungus grows out of the insect to form new conidiospores (31, 32). The duration of fungal incubation can vary from a few days to a couple of months, and depends on the ...

cinerea conidiospore with sRNA or NC-RNA treatment. After incubating for 12 h:12 h photoperiod at 22°C, conidiospores were examined under a light microscope. 2.5 Total RNA extraction and quantitative ...

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The minimum wet period needed for infection is nine hours at 17 degrees centigrade. Once the infection has occurred, the fungus produces conidiospores and conidia. Sporulating lesions become visible ...

Xylaria polymorpha is a forest-dwelling fungus that could easily make a group of hikers bolt Scooby Doo-style if seen in the wrong light. That’s because polymorpha, a.k.a. “dead man’s ...

According to new research, spores of the fungus Aspergillus niger are able to withstand higher doses of radiation than previously thought, which can have implications in future planetary protection ...

In social groups, infections have the potential to spread rapidly and cause disease outbreaks. Here, we show that in a social insect, the ant Lasius neglectus, the negative consequences of fungal ...