Bacillus spores represent a remarkable survival strategy employed by a range of bacteria to endure adverse environmental conditions. The fully differentiated spores are formed through sporulation ...

Although many of us spend allergy season cursing out plant pollen, spores from mold and other fungi also deserve some of that same disdain. These invisibly small agitators tend to fly under the ...

Fungal diseases are the real thorns in the rose garden. Botrytis blight, black spot, rust and more thive in humidity; here's how to minimize their effect.

NICE, France – Singapore will be sending a delegation led by Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan to the UN Ocean Conference, which will be held from June 9 to 13 in Nice, France ...

HONG KONG – Singapore has produced its first billion-dollar biotechnology start-up, 25 years after it began formally building its life sciences industry. Mirxes, which invented and produces the ...

Dr. Haiqiang Chen is a professor of food science in the College of Agriculture & Natural Resources at the University of Delaware.

Abstracts The mandibular gland secretion (MGS) and the faecal fluid (FF) of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel affected the spore germination of selected microfungi isolated from ...

Among the main components of TTO, terpinen-4-ol and α-terpineol were identified as antifungal compounds capable of inhibiting mycelium growth and spore germination, being the main contributors to the ...