Aerosols play a critical role in the transmission of airborne pathogens by acting as carriers that transport pathogens ...

Plant pathogens are major threat to agricultural production worldwide. Various pests cause around 20-40% losses in crop yield ...

Plants face the constant challenge of allocating energy between growth and defense. While growth ensures survival and reproduction, defense protects against harmful bacteria. Until now, scientists ...

Long-distance travel of fungi and bacteria carried on dust particles from Africa has been linked to damage to coral and plants in the ... % and 40% are potentially pathogenic species, we are ...

Detection of ... suggesting that soil microorganisms harbor more genetic diversity than previously assumed. Antibiotic Resistance Associated With Wastewater Treatment Plants Wastewater treatment ...

Soil microbes play an important part in soil health by regulating the availability of essential macro- and micro-nutrients required by plants from soils, to support healthy functioning of both natural ...

Before commencing the study, the obvious expectation was to find a variety of microbes associated with humans. It was expected this would include both commensals (not harmful) and pathogenic ...

Now, they would like to better understand why these enzymes may be advantageous to both bacteria and their plant hosts. One hypothesis is that chopping up the flagella of pathogens prevents them ...

In a significant breakthrough, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered where an essential photoreceptor, cryptochrome-1 (CRY1), operates within plant seedling stems. This ...