Plants constantly interact with a wide array of microorganisms in their environment, ranging from beneficial symbionts to ...

turning her imagination to the six classifications of life forms that scientists call kingdoms: plants, animals, fungi, protists, bacteria and the mysterious archaea. In “Kingdoms of Life ...

These bacteria have a natural endosymbiotic relationship with some strains of this fungi, but the researchers used a strain that does not have that natural connection. After the bacteria entered the ...

A study by ETH Zurich explores how bacteria can establish endosymbiotic relationships with fungi. Researchers injected E. coli and Mycetohabitans into the fungus Rhizopus microsporus, finding that ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA shows that conglomerations of fungi and bacteria can work together to “walk” and “leap” across the surface ...

Penaloza says that a biological advantage viruses and bacteria have over fungi is that they replicate much faster — enabling them to spread more easily. “It depends on the virus, of course ...

Dr. Daniel Spalink, assistant professor and director of S.M. Tracy Herbarium at Texas A&M, helped analyze the biology and identify bacteria and fungi in the samples. "We all get allergies and ...

When classifying bacteria and fungi, morphological features are v­ery relevant. Colony morphology is a useful tool widely used to classify and define them by researchers. Carefully studied and used ...

New research is revealing that cancer is rife with bacteria and fungi — a rich ecosystem that scientists call the tumor microbiome. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer is a science columnist. His belly ...