Could microbes from Earth survive on other worlds? New research suggests that the answer may be yes. Ph.D. candidate Tommaso ...

Microorganisms from our planet could survive on celestial bodies where water is present, such as Mars. That is the conclusion ...

Researchers have looked at how particular microbes from Earth would fare in conditions like those of Mars, the moon, and the ...

Pathogens exposed to simulated space conditions during a study triggered a weaker response from human immune cells.

Rare Aspergillus steynii infection identified in humans, highlighting fungal risks and genomic surveillance needs. Read more.

A research team at the University of Greifswald's Research Training Group RTG-PRO "Proteases in pathogen and host: importance ...

Emerging infectious diseases, biodiversity loss, and anthropogenic environmental change are interconnected crises with massive social and ecological costs. In this Review, we discuss how pathogens and ...

Dimorphic fungal pathogens are a unique group of organisms capable of switching between two distinct morphological forms—typically a multicellular filamentous mycelium in the environment and a ...

Our bodies host a variety of microorganisms, and the microbial communities in and on our bodies have to maintain the right balances among their members, or problems can arise. This includes the ...

The past few decades have seen the emergence of several diseases with drastic public health and economic consequences. Understanding routes of pathogen emergence and transmission is critical to ...

Definition: A pathogen is a biological agent – such as a bacterium, virus, fungus, parasite or prion – that can cause disease in a host organism. In simple terms: a pathogen is an infectious microbe ...