A multiyear experiment made yeast clusters much bigger and tougher, hinting at how the first complex life on Earth came to be.

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In early animal studies, the NXT-2 vaccine has looked effective against both life-threatening and common fungal infections.

To tackle this, Hiro Technologies turned to fungi. These organisms — which include mushrooms, molds, yeasts and mildew — derive nutrients from decomposing organic matter. In 2011, Yale University ...

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Yeast Yeasts are eukaryotic microorganisms classified in the kingdom Fungi, with about 1,500 species currently described; they dominate fungal diversity in the oceans.

However, not all fungi are medicinally helpful, and one of the more cursed members of the kingdom Fungi is Aspergillus flavus.

Fungal genetics is the study of the mechanisms of heritable information in fungi. Yeasts and filamentous fungi are extensively used as model organisms for eukaryotic genetic research, including ...