Sentences with phrase «by the fungus responsible»

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.

Not exact matches

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.

Even if neonicotinoids are not directly responsible for colony collapse disorder, they could play a part by making bees more susceptible to the parasitic mite Varroa destructor and the parasitic fungus Nosema apis, both prime suspects, adds Christian Krupke, an entomologist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

By bathing loaves in a uniform field of microwaves, without the usual cold or hot spots, MicroZap of Lubbock, Texas, says the fungi responsible for bread mould die within 10 seconds, considerably extending bread's shelf life.