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Pathogenic fungi are fungi that cause disease in humans or other organisms. Although fungi are eukaryotic, many pathogenic fungi are microorganisms. [ 1] Approximately 300 fungi are known to be pathogenic to humans; [ 2] their study is called " medical mycology ". Fungal infections are estimated to kill more people than either tuberculosis or ...
For example, certain species eliminate or suppress the growth of harmful plant pathogens, such as insects, mites, weeds, nematodes, and other fungi that cause diseases of important crop plants. [277] This has generated strong interest in practical applications that use these fungi in the biological control of these agricultural pests.
Fungal infection, also known as mycosis, is a disease caused by fungi. [ 5][ 13] Different types are traditionally divided according to the part of the body affected; superficial, subcutaneous, and systemic. [ 3][ 6] Superficial fungal infections include common tinea of the skin, such as tinea of the body, groin, hands, feet and beard, and ...
Rust (fungus) Rusts are fungal plant pathogens of the order Pucciniales (previously known as Uredinales) causing plant fungal diseases . An estimated 168 rust genera and approximately 7,000 species, more than half of which belong to the genus Puccinia, are currently accepted. [ 3] Rust fungi are highly specialized plant pathogens with several ...
Dimorphic fungi are fungi that can exist in the form of both mold [ 1] and yeast. This is usually brought about by change in temperature and the fungi are also described as thermally dimorphic fungi. [ 2] An example is Talaromyces marneffei, [ 3] a human pathogen that grows as a mold at room temperature, and as a yeast at human body temperature ...
Aspergillus is defined as a group of conidial fungi—that is, fungi in an asexual state. Some of them, however, are known to have a teleomorph (sexual state) in the Ascomycota. With DNA evidence, all members of the genus Aspergillus are members of the phylum Ascomycota. [citation needed] Members of the genus possess the ability to grow where a ...
The best example is represented by the case of CHV1 and C. parasitica. [14] Other examples of deleterious effects of mycoviruses are the ‘La France’ disease of A. bisporus [5] [38] and the mushroom diseases caused by Oyster mushroom spherical virus [39] and Oyster mushroom isometric virus. [38] In summary, the main negative effects of ...
Cordyceps fungi are parasitoids of various arthropod species. Here is a wasp parasitized by the fungus Cordyceps. The entomopathogenic fungi include taxa from several of the main fungal groups and do not form a monophyletic group. Many common and/or important entomopathogenic fungi are in the order Hypocreales of the Ascomycota: the asexual ...