Sentences with phrase «on by the fungus»

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.

Not exact matches

Mushroom flour: It's not made with mushrooms, but the flour recently developed by MycoTechnology depends on fungi.

Nail fungus is contagious and can be transmitted in saunas, gyms, locker rooms, even by walking barefoot on a surface exposed to fungus.

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

Certified Herbalist Karin Parramore has this to say: Most diaper rash is caused by Candida, a common fungus that lives on our skin, especially in warm and moist places like skin folds.

Infection by the candida albicans fungus can cause thrush in the baby's mouth and on your nipple.

Stop the fungus from growing on your nipples by washing them and letting them air - dry after breastfeeding as often as you can.

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.

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 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.

«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.»

Pioneered by Stamets, mycorestoration draws on the natural properties of mushroom - bearing fungi to fight human - made pollution.

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.

The fungus produced the most hydrocarbons on a diet of oatmeal but also created them by eating wheat straw or the non-edible leftovers from corn production.

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.

Barton and her colleagues are zeroing in on when the fungus transferred from environment to bat and the consequences of the fungus» relentless ability to survive solely in caves, uninhabited by bats.

Amphibian chytridiomycosis, caused by infection with the Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis fungus, is the most devastating vertebrate disease on record.

Nearly all of the thousands of different chemical substances produced by people, animals, plants, fungi, algae or microorganisms on the ground or in the oceans react quickly with OH and break down in this process.

Richard Webb's excellent article on fungi mentioned the use of amadou, a felt - like substance derived from a bracket fungus, by anglers (7 December 2013, p 39).

Richard Webb's excellent article on fungi mentioned the use of amadou, a felt - like substance derived from a bracket fungus, by...

Secondary infections On the other hand, pathologists have noticed another factor that could be a handmaiden in the killings: a plethora of secondary infections by fungi, bacteria and parasites.

Out 16 plant species subsequently evaluated, those most dependent on the fungi were the most compromised by the garlic mustard.

But the fungi that live on the plant roots might undo some of that extra work by releasing CO2 back into the atmosphere again.

He also found that although capsaicin did not bother insects nibbling on the peppers» flesh, it did inhibit a fungus that feeds on the seeds of chili peppers that have been scarred by insects.

Like many other fungi, Baker's yeast has mating receptors, proteins on its cell surface that detect pheromones released by potential partners.

White patches of fungus can be seen on this northern long - eared bat affected by white - nose syndrome in Illinois.

Part of the carbon stored this way is used by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, which live on the roots of 80 per cent of plant species.

Researchers from Melbourne and the UK identified a previously unknown enzyme used by bacteria, fungi and other organisms to feed on the unusual but abundant sugar sulfoquinovose — SQ for short — found in green vegetables.

The research was inspired by fungus - growing termites of the genus Odontotermes, but the theoretical results apply to all types of termites that increase resource availability on and / or around their nests.

Crop spraying on British farms could be aiding a life - threatening fungus suffered by tens of thousand of people in the UK each year.

By adding a single gene from wheat, researchers have created fungus - resistant trees that pass their resistance on to their offspring and, hopefully, subsequent generations too (see «American chestnut set for genetically modified revival «-RRB-.

By studying and comparing the workhorse cellulose - degrading enzymes of two fungi, researchers from the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have pinpointed regions on these enzymes that can be targeted via genetic engineering to help break down cellulose faster.

Don't be cheated by the looks, this delicate and frail new species of orchid, parasitizes on fungus.

Enzymes are the powerhouses behind biological chemistry, and the fungi discovered by O'Malley's group — like Anaeromyces robustus (named after the gray whale, partially based on how it looks under the microscope)-- have unusual and desirable characteristics, particularly the ability to transform lignocellulose from plants into sugars.

Although the identity of the fungus surprised him, Roberts was not surprised by its ability to capitalize on its situation once inside a patient.

«We discovered both by culturing the microbes from the leaves and also by directly sequencing fungal DNA from plant tissue, that one of the most common fungi on the cacao seedlings was their protector, Colletotricum tropicale.

«Plants have evolved defense mechanisms to protect themselves, such as thorns, bitter - tasting berries, and in the case of certain types of grass, by harbouring toxic fungus deep within them that can be dangerous or even fatal for grazing animals,» says York U Biology Professor Dawn Bazely, who worked with University of Cambridge researcher Andrew Tanentzap and York U researcher Mark Vicari on the project.

To him they resemble spore sacs formed by modern single - celled organisms called mesomycetozoeans, which sit between animals and fungi on the tree of life.

To see if this result could be explained by the microbes inside the leaves, the team used two different methods: the traditional method of placing leaf pieces on agar - coated petri plates to see what fungi grew and directly sequencing the DNA from surface - sterilized leaves.

Insects deal with this contamination in a wide range of ways, often with species - specific responses to microorganisms and plants: Honey bees avoid flowers spiked with specific bacteria, whereas some wasps feed on orchid nectar fermented by bacteria and fungi.

Because they're difficult to synthesize, companies rely on production by their natural sources — unusual soil bacteria and fungi.

Researchers have warned about the dangers posed by molds and fungi often found growing on the walls of homes.

After over three billion years of evolution in the oceans, multi-cellular life — beginning with green algae, fungi, and plants (liverworts, mosses, ferns, then vascular and flowering plants)-- began adapting to land habitats by creating a new «hypersea,» and adding anomalous shades of green to Earth's coloration more than 472 million years ago (Matt Walker, BBC News, October 12, 2010; and Qiu et al, 1998 — more on the evolution of photosynthetic life and plants on Earth).

Research Assistant, Department of Plant & Microbial Biology June 2002 — January 2004 UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Principal Investigator: Dr. John Taylor The lab studies the evolutionary relationships of fungi, concentrating on the fungi that cause plant and human diseases, by sequencing DNA from different fungi and using the differences in sequence to infer their genealogy.

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).

Other areas of Browse's research involve engineering plants to better survive low temperatures, and studies on how plant membranes use signaling systems to ward off attacks by fungi and bacteria.

A new study by Althea Campuzano, Ph.D. a student at The University of Texas at San Antonio, and Floyd Wormley, Jr., Professor of Biology and Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, sheds light on little - known fungal infections caused by the fungus Cryptococcus.

Experts now know that those symptoms are common among people with convulsive ergotism, or ergot poisoning, which is caused by a fungus that can grow on wheat, rye, and other similar grains.