Scientists have discovered that beneficial root-dwelling fungi boost plant resilience to disease by remodeling the plant cell ...

A study reveals the underground interactions between fungi and oomycetes in twenty Andalusian dehesas, wooded pasturelands ...

The outcome of a pathogenic infection is influenced by the activities and functions of each interacting partner. Pathogens use sophisticated mechanisms to manipulate their host, but they also face ...

Ensuring global food security hinges on robust and sustainable wheat yields, a goal increasingly imperiled by the ubiquitous ...

Some pathogens hide inside human cells to enhance their survival. Researchers have uncovered a unique tactic certain bacteria use to spread in the body without being detected by the immune system. In ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global issue that threatens both animal and human health. In veterinary systems, ...

The body defends itself against pathogens by depriving them of vital iron. However, this strategy doesn't always succeed against Salmonella. Researchers have discovered that these bacteria ...

A Chinese researcher in Michigan and her boyfriend have been charged with smuggling a biological pathogen that “can cause devastating diseases in crops” into the United States, according to federal ...

Thousands of strains of bacteria live on the surface of your skin. Most of them are harmless and can even be helpful, outcompeting their pathogenic neighbors for available resources. When you get a ...

U.S. attorneys will ask a federal judge to sentence a Chinese national to two years in prison for smuggling a plant pathogen into the U.S. for research purposes and lying to FBI agents about it.

Arinjay Banerjee receives funding from the Saskatchewan Innovation and Opportunity Scholarship. Vikram Misra receives funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada ...