Investigating the composition of the soils using DNA analysis and measuring the cycle of carbon and nitrogen flowing through it, the researchers concluded that microscopic fungi found in the ...

The Antarctic continent is cold, dark, and desolate for much of the year, so scientists want a cuddly feline companion to ...

Rather, the problem is stowaway seeds and other plant and fungus parts hiding in the clothing, shoes, and other gear of scientists and tourists who are visiting Antarctica. Antarctica is remote ...

Researchers at a Swiss university said Thursday that they have uncovered a microscopic fungus that is able to increase the speed of rice growth by five times. In a study published by Switzerland's ...

Two species of fungi new to the UK and another previously ... was first recorded on the opposite side of the world in Antarctica. The previously unknown species uncovered is from a group called ...

As published in the journal Catalyst, the scientists reported the results of a joint work on the use of a protein from the yeast Candida antarctica -a microscopic fungus formed by a single cell ...