Science news articles about 'microscopic fungus'

... fungus has been found to produce a variety of hydrocarbon components of diesel fuel. The harmless, microscopic fungus, known as Gliocladium roseum (NRRL 50073), lives quietly within ulmo trees in the ...

... a major breakthrough in our understanding of the sex life of a microscopic fungus which is a major cause of death in immune ... described 145 years ago this killer fungus, until now, had no known sexual ...

Glomalin, the substance coating this microscopic fungus growing on a corn root, can keep carbon in the soil from decomposing for up to 100 years.

... the new analysis, the role of the predatory fish was played by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, or Bd, a microscopic fungus that lives in water and moist soil that sickens or kills frogs. Bd is called ...