Quorum sensing (QS) is one of the most studied cell-cell communication mechanisms in
fungi. Research in the last 20 years has explored various fungal QS systems that are …

Complex multicellularity represents the most advanced level of biological organization and it
has evolved only a few times: in metazoans, green plants, brown and red algae and fungi …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a ubiquitous environmental fungus and an opportunistic
pathogen that causes fatal cryptococcal meningitis. Advances in genomics, genetics, and …

Fusarium species were reported to produce biofilms. Biofilms are superficial societies of
microbes bounded and endangered by being situated or taking place outside a cell or cells …

Many heritable mutualisms, in which beneficial symbionts are transmitted vertically between
host generations, originate as antagonisms with parasite dispersal constrained by the host …

Malaria transmission requires the production of male and female gametocytes in the human
host followed by fertilization and sporogonic development in the mosquito midgut. Although …

Cell differentiation in yeast species is controlled by a reversible, programmed DNA-
rearrangement process called mating-type switching. Switching is achieved by two …

Simple Summary Palm oil is one of the main crops produced in Southeast Asia. However,
the palm oil plantations within the region were severely affected by the basal stem rot (BSR) …

Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae survives in microenvironments utilizing networks
of regulators and ATP‐binding cassette (ABC) transporters to circumvent toxins and a variety …

This article provides an overview of sexual reproduction in the ascomycetes, a phylum of
fungi that is named after the specialized sacs or “asci” that hold the sexual spores. They …