Sentences with phrase «by fungi of»

Ringworm is not caused by worms, but by fungi of several different species that infect the skin of humans and many other mammals.

Not exact matches

The problems are similar to the coffee industry, where a fungus threatens to drag down the global production of coffee by as much as 40 percent.

In comparison to animals, single - celled fungi are incredibly efficient at converting carbohydrates into protein: a pound of sugar yields half a pound of fungal biomass, beating mammals and fowl by orders of magnitude.

Once the fungus has become established, the solution best adapted to the continued production of bananas in infested soils is replacing susceptible cultivars by resistant ones.

In this view, we humans have common ancestry not only with monkeys but also with trees and fungi and all other living things by a process of natural chance.

Tangible proof can be found by studying vestigial features, ebryonic development, biogeography, DNA sequencing, pseudogenes, endogenous retroviruses, labratory direct examination of natural selection in action in E-Coli bacteria, lactose intolerance in humans, the peppered moth's colour change in reaction to industrial pollution, radiotrophic fungi at Chernobyl... all of these things add to the modern evolutionary synthesis.

They die and decompose and produce waste products, all of which go back to the forest floor to be decomposed by bacteria and fungi that turn them into minerals.

And, in their midst, it makes small jabs at modernity's consequences: the «Modern Churchman» who «draws the full salary of a beneficed clergyman and need not commit himself to any religious belief,» the enlightened prison warden — «I came to the conclusion many years ago that almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression,» and avant - garde architecture — «india - rubber fungi in the recessed conservatory,» a floor that is «a large kaleidoscope, set in motion by an electric button.»

The vacuum environment provides the safe atmosphere without oxygen, protecting the food from spoiling by limiting the growth of fungi or aerobic bacteria.

One of the best ways to prevent nail fungus is to avoid walking barefoot in public area and not using a nail clipper or file used by a person with a nail fungus infection.

St. Anthony is also the patron saint of ergotism, a poisoning caused by the ingestion of alkaloids produced by the Claviceps purpurea fungus that infects rye and other cereals that are used to make bread.

I don't know if it's the result of the herbal and supplements prescribed by my naturopath that I've been taking, the anti-candida diet (no sugar, fruit, gluten, yeast, fungi, etc.) that I've been following for nearly a month, getting lots of rest, or a combination of everything.

Buffalo, by contrast, is coming out of two years of decay with the vitality of rampant fungus.

He put its age at 125 — supporting the company's contention that the oak was a landscape tree planted by previous owners — and said the tree's days were numbered because of root fungus and heart rot.

If someone else in your family also has any kind of fungus, treat all of you at the same time, including diaper rash, which can also be caused by yeast.

This infection is caused by the fungus Candida albicans, a yeast that all of us have in our bodies.

It's caused by the overgrowth of a type of fungus called Candida albicans (also referred to as Monilia, candidiasis, or candidosis).

Caused by the fungus Candida albicans, which can grow abundantly during pregnancy because of the extra hormones and lack of immune system to fight the fungus.

The IgA antibodies can protect your child from a variety of illnesses including those caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites.

In no particular order, I'm going to guess that the itching is a) psychosomatic (because you're feeling kind of itchy about still nursing but also itchy about weaning), b) caused by some kind of minor infection or fungus (like low - grade thrush), or c) caused by dry skin from showers that are too hot or a harsh soap.

Heinz Mixed Cereal for Babies was found to contain elevated levels of Ochratoxin, a toxin created by fungi which grows on grains.

Mozell's photo was chosen from a selection of 10 winners by photographers competing in «18 and Older» and «Under 18» age levels and across five subject categories: People in Nature, Birds, Other Animals, Plants and Fungi, and Landscapes.

Diaper rash that lasts for more than a few days, even with changes to the diapering routine, might be caused by a yeast called Candida albicans (a type of fungus).

Refers to a class of enzymes produced chiefly by fungi, bacteria, and protozoans that catalyze the hydrolysis of cellulose.

Dense growths of bacteria and fungi are found on the inner surface of these flexible toys, and a murky liquid will often be released when they are squeezed by a child.

Aflatoxin B1, which is produced by the fungus Aspergillus flavus growing on stored grains, nuts and peanut butter, is an example of a potent, naturally - occurring microbial carcinogen.

Earlier this year, researchers in the Czech Republic reported the first European case of clinical disease caused by the fungus responsible for white - nose syndrome.

He didn't get into art college, so he pursued his scientific interest in fungi instead, studying for a bachelor's degree in plant sciences at the University of Edinburgh, followed by a Ph.D. in mycology.

And the rub for those scouting signs of the bat pandemic's spread: «You can not distinguish those [benign fungi] from white - nose syndrome just by looking at the bat in the cave.»

«We speculate that mushrooms evolved to be hallucinogenic because it lowered the chances of the fungi getting eaten by insects,» Slot said.

GBIF includes 700 million records of animals, fungi and plants shared by 977 institutions worldwide.

What's new in the Czech study, explains pathologist Carol Meteyer of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisc., is the confirmation of tissue damage characteristic of clinical white - nose sydrome: skin being digested by the pathogen as the fungi's fibrous segments enter a bat's wing and begin replacing its cells.

The finding brings to 19 the number of states impacted by the fungus.

The Book of Fungi: A Life - Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the World by Peter Roberts and Shelley Evans.

When, in 2000, he published images and time - lapse movies of bioluminescent fungi on a Web site, he was surprised by the amount of interest it garnered.

Fisher and his team also looked for evidence of large animals by examining the sediment in the old pond for spores of Sporormiella, a fungus that lives on the dung of herbivores.

According to Chris Mullin, professor of entomology, Penn State, these pesticides may directly poison honeybee larvae or they may indirectly kill them by disrupting the beneficial fungi that are essential for nurse bees to process pollen into beebread.

Bacteria, algae, and fungi are swept up by winds and lifted to the altitude of a Boeing 747 — or catapulted 20 miles into the stratosphere by electric fields during thunderstorms.

«It binds highly affine and very specific to sugar molecules that sit in the cell wall of the fungi and which are normally recognized as «foreign» by the plant,» explains Professor of Molecular Biology Alga Zuccaro from the University of Cologne.

The fungus consumes carbon compounds released by tree roots, says the UW - Madison associate professor of botany and bacteriology, and in return helps the roots absorb soil nutrients.

The Lecanorchis tabugawaensis hosted by the fungi that live in this ecosystem is further proof of the importance of Yakushima's lowland laurel forests.

The research could help scientists design specific groups of bacteria and fungi to encourage the migration of trees threatened by warming climates.

The most devastating of the known amphibian diseases is chytridiomycosis, which is caused by a deadly chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, or Bd).

The pyrazine - producing bacterium was discovered by chance when the scientists were looking for microorganisms capable of protecting ant colonies from parasitic fungi.

According to an article by Brazilian researchers published in 2015 in the journal Current Biology, the newborn larvae of Scaptotrigona depilis, a species of stingless bee native to Brazil, feed on filaments of a fungus cultivated in the brood cells.

Many hypotheses advanced by previous investigators proved to be correct, but some of the defining characteristics of orchids — their tiny seeds, their requirement for fungi to germinate, and their fused pistils and anthers — were not themselves responsible for the high rate of orchid speciation.

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, and in the Netherlands have discovered how a group of three closely related fungal pathogens have evolved into a lethal threat to the world's bananas, whilst an international consortium led by scientists from Wageningen UR (University & Research Centre) has unravelled the DNA of the fungus that causes black Sigatoka disease in bananas.

The discovery of the Sciaphila yakushimensis, nurtured by the fungi and the nutrient - rich forests in which it grows, should make us reaffirm the value of Yakushima's lowland primeval forests.»

«Hence, our findings offer hope that amphibians and other wild animals threatened by fungal pathogens — such as bats, bees, and snakes — might be capable of acquiring resistance to fungi and thus might be rescued by management approaches based on herd immunity.»

These fungi influence our brains by producing a compound called psilocybin, but the origin of this chemical may have little to do with discovering fundamental truth