A study by charity Marine Connection found among the 114 solitary creatures worldwide who enjoy human company,
Fungi is king of the waves.
To modify the fungus Metarhizium pingshaense so that it would produce and deliver Hybrid, the University of Maryland research team used a standard method that employs a bacterium to intentionally transfer DNA into
fungi. The DNA the scientists designed and introduced into the
fungi provided the blueprints for making Hybrid along with a control switch that tells the fungus when to make the toxin.
Fungi belong to a broad group of organisms, called eukaryotes, that possesses a clearly defined nucleus and also includes animals and plants.
Nematophagous
fungi, Root-knot nematodes, Lecanicillium muscarium, Arthrobotrys arthrobotryoides, Attraction assay.
He pointed out that the centre has also saved additional samples of
fungi in the Sultan Qaboos University (SQU).
He pointed out that there are several economic benefits of the project, namely increasing the fertility of the soil and the use in the manufacture of bread, medicines, including penicillinium, cheese production and improvement, and some types of mushrooms used in the production of acids and medical purposes, such as the production of penicillin and in some
fungi, especially in biological control.
UNITED NATIONS -- A new United Nations-backed report reveals that
fungi could help the world in its fight against plastic addiction, by degrading polyurethane in just a matter of weeks.
What comes to your mind when you think of
fungi? Perhaps the mushrooms you see in your backyards, under fences, beneath trees, or the ones you love eating.
In present study diversity of phytase producing
fungi isolated from soil of livestock farms in 10 percent villages of Lahore district of Punjab was explored.
They cover fungal branches on the eukaryotic tree of life; life of
fungi; fungal ecology; how
fungi sense their environments; fungal genetics and genomics as models for biology; fungal interactions with plants: impact on agriculture and the biosphere;
fungi and the human host; fungal interactions with animals (
fungi, insects, and nematodes) and with other microbes; and
fungi: technology and natural products.
STUMBLING across a Pink Ballerina or a crop of Violet Coral can bring a tear to even the most experienced
fungi expert.
Fungi singular fungus, a group of eukaryotic, non-phototrophic organism with rigid cell wall, that includes mushrooms, molds and yeasts.
Synopsis:
Fungi are found throughout the world, often playing critical roles at the center of all ecological webs.
