Fungi belonging to the phylumChytridiomycotaare called chytrids. They are one of the few groups of fungi with active motility, producing spores that move using a single flagellum. Chytrids get nutrients by degrading chitin and keratin. Some are parasitic. Examples includeBatrachochytrium dendobatidis...
disease resistance: enhanced resistance to various types of plant pathogens, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi; biofuels: improved ethanol conversion through modified plant cell wall composition; phytoremediation: plants’ ability to extract pollutants from the soil.Despite...
Fungus gnats are found in different areas of the plant, depending on where they are in their life cycle. The eggs are laid in the plants' soil. As larvae, gnats remain within the soil, feeding on the plant roots, fungi, and organic matter. The pupae then emerge from the soil, where ...
Another part of the immune system, the T-cell, may be involved in allergic responses in the skin, as occurs from the oils of plants, such aspoison ivy,poison oak,poison sumac, reactions to metal, such as nickel, or certain chemicals. The T-cell may recognize a certain allergen in a s...
If your vaginitis is caused by bacteria or fungi, treatment can help it get better in 2 weeks. If you have a long-term or returning case, it could take 3-6 months to get better. Can vaginitis cause bleeding? Vaginitis can cause some light bleeding and spotting. ...
Multiple chronic (over one to three months) symptoms usually are a sign of subacute or chronic sinusitis Is a sinus infection contagious? Experts disagree about the contagiousness of sinus infections (also termed sinusitis and rhinosinusitis). Because bacteria and viruses (and occasionally, fungi) ...
Vitasse, Y.et al.Phenological and elevational shifts of plants, animals and fungi under climate change in the European Alps.Biol. Rev.96, 1816–1835 (2021). ArticlePubMedGoogle Scholar CH2018.CH2018—Climate Scenarios for Switzerland, Technical Report. (National Centre for Climate Services, 2018...
Elevated blood levels of AST and ALT only mean that the liver is inflamed, and elevations can be caused by many agents other than hepatitis viruses, such as medications, alcohol, bacteria, fungi, etc. To prove that a hepatitis virus is responsible for the elevations, blood must be tested fo...
Food poisoning.This happens when you eat food contaminated with certain toxic organisms, including bacteria, fungi, parasites, or viruses. Abdominal pain is one of the many possible and unpleasant signs that you’ve eaten something you shouldn’t have. ...
Food poisoning.This happens when you eat food contaminated with certain toxic organisms, including bacteria, fungi, parasites, or viruses. Abdominal pain is one of the many possible and unpleasant signs that you’ve eaten something you shouldn’t have. ...