Cryptococcus spp., in particular Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii, have an
enormous impact on human health worldwide. The global burden of cryptococcal meningitis …

DNA double-strand breaks require repair or risk corrupting the language of life. To ensure
genome integrity and viability, multiple DNA double-strand break repair pathways function in …

The global diversity of fungi has been estimated between 2 to 11 million species, of which
only about 155 000 have been named. Most fungi are invisible to the unaided eye, but they …

Kombucha is a traditional low-alcoholic beverage made from sugared tea and transformed
by a complex microbial consortium including yeasts and acetic acid bacteria (AAB). To study …

Compared to multicellular fungi and unicellular yeasts, unicellular fungi with free-living
flagellated stages (zoospores) remain poorly known and their phylogenetic position is often …

As a metaphor, lemons get a bad rap; however the proverb 'if life gives you lemons, make
lemonade'is often used in a motivational context. The same could be said of Hanseniaspora …

Organisms exhibit extensive variation in ecological niche breadth, from very narrow
(specialists) to very broad (generalists). Two general paradigms have been proposed to …

Prolonged exposure to ultraviolet radiation on human skin can lead to mutations in DNA,
photoaging, suppression of the immune system, and other damage up to skin cancer …

Ascomycota, the largest and most well-studied phylum of fungi, contains three subphyla:
Saccharomycotina (budding yeasts), Pezizomycotina (filamentous fungi), and …

Patients infected with the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus are most effectively treated with a
combination of 5-fluorocytosine (5FC) and amphotericin B. 5FC acts as a prodrug, which is …