Sentences with phrase «infected by the fungus»

From the 150 years of literature, the researchers found that about 65 percent of insect orders can be infected by fungi and Oomycetes, fungi - like organisms that also infect insects.

A fire salamander that was infected by the fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, which may have reached Europe through the pet trade from Asia.

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Mycotoxic lupinosis is a disease caused by lupin material that is infected with the fungus Diaporthe toxica; [14] the fungus produces mycotoxins called phomopsins, which cause liver damage.

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.

Evans suggests that a nerve toxin spurred on by the fungus is at least partly to blame, «judging from the uncoordinated movements and hyperactivity of the ants infected,» he says.

Cartan - Hansen described the importance of the research in determining whether the outbreak of white nose syndrome had reached southwestern Idaho (there was no evidence of it in the power plant building), and she noted that humans can spread the disease by transporting the fungus on their shoes and clothing from caves harboring infected bats.

According to the research by Andersen and her colleagues (published in May 2012 in PLoS ONE), the actual reproduction rate for each mature zombie - ant fungus organism is a little more than one new mature organism, thus allowing the species and local population to sustain itself as long as there are ants nearby to infect.

Led by Hazel Barton, UA associate professor of biology and recognized as having one of the world's preeminent cave microbiology labs, the research points to a group of fungi related to WSN, which appears as a white, powdery substance on the muzzles, ears and wings of infected bats and gives them the appearance they've been dunked in powdered sugar.

White nose syndrome, caused by a fungus, infects the mouths and noses of several bat species, including little brown bats (above).

Sylvia Cremer and her group have previously shown that invasive garden ants (Lasius neglectus) care for colony members carrying pathogenic fungus spores by intensively grooming the contaminated individual's body, which reduces the risk of the fungus entering the body and infecting the ant.

When Frank Pasmans and An Martel, veterinarians here at Ghent University, heard about the enigmatic deaths, they recalled extinctions caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a highly lethal fungus that infects more than 700 species of amphibian.

A «ZOMBIE» fungus that infects fruit flies may take control of them by releasing chemicals into their brains.

Caused by the fungus Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, snake fungal disease (SFD) can lead to symptoms including skin lesions, scabs and crusty scales, which can contribute to the death of the infected animal in some cases.

When Hubbes exposed vaccinated trees to the virulent strain of the fungus, he found that the trees were ready to mount a defence, trapping the fungus in infected cells by hardening the walls of these cells with lignin — an organic polymer in plant cell walls that imparts rigidity.

The researchers noticed a number of Ambrosia beetles near the infected stands, leading them to theorize that the fungus, often carried through the forests by beetles, was involved in the tree deaths.

Only a small percentage of plants near the infected tree - of - heaven plots showed signs of being harmed by the fungus.

The fungus can infect nearly every bat in a hibernating colony by the end of the winter.

The new technique works by taking advantage of the fact that RNA molecules are passed between the infected corn and the Aspergillus fungus.

The evidence for the presence of a mycelial fungus in affected areas of the infected bats was obtained when tissue samples from the Williams Hotel Mine were examined by SEM; this imaging method revealed abundant fungal growth on skin and hair shafts (Fig. 1Ci - iv).

It is believed the fungus spreads through the environment by beetles boring into dead infected trees, generating disease - tainted frass [5] that is then spread via wind.

Mycotoxic lupinosis is a disease caused by lupin material that is infected with the fungus Diaporthe toxica; [14] the fungus produces mycotoxins called phomopsins, which cause liver damage.

Ringworm infection is transmitted by coming into direct contact with the fungi, and this can include another infected cat or any of their grooming materials.

Ringworm is not actually caused by a worm, but rather by a fungus that infects the outer layer of skin and hair.

Ringworm is actually a fungus, not a worm, and is transmitted by touching the fur or skin of an infected animal, especially cats, though ringworm can also infect dogs, horse, ferrets, rabbits and guinea pigs.

Ringworm is a condition caused by a fungus that can infect the skin, hair, and nails of both humans and animals.

Natural resistance Healthy humans, cats, and other species are by nature quite resistant to infection - so resistant, in fact, that if a person becomes infected with the fungus, it always heralds the need to look for some underlying disorder of the immune system (such as AIDS and certain forms of cancer).

Although the name suggests otherwise, ringworm isn't caused by a worm at all — but a fungus that can infect the skin, hair and nails.

According to the Valley Fever Center for Excellence, dogs raised from birth in Pima or Maricopa county in Arizona have a 28 % chance of being infected with the Valley Fever fungus by two years of age.

While this makes sense where the infected are concerned (they're basically being controlled by malevolent fungus, after all), it gets a bit jarring to see supposedly - intelligent human opponents blindly rush to their deaths, or conveniently forget that they had a friend nearby not a minute ago.

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