This colored photograph is of a sexual spore (also known as a zygospore) of the human pathogenic zygomycete, Mucor circinelloides. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

Scanning electron microscopic images of giant spores (left) from a (-) mating type strain of the human pathogenic zygomycete Mucor circinelloides and smaller spores (right), from a (+) mating type ...

Future Microbiol. 2014;9(5):683-695. Identification of the causative agent to species level from cultures based on morphological characteristics requires training; strains collected from patients ...

Mucor mould is found in soil, plants, manure and decaying fruits On Saturday morning, Dr Akshay Nair, a Mumbai-based eye surgeon, was waiting to operate on a 25-year-old woman who had recovered ...

The infection primarily affects people with weakened immune systems or certain predisposing health conditions Mucormycosis is a severe, fungal infection caused by a group of moulds belonging to ...

A striking example of the specialization of sigma factors for different gene promoters is provided by bacterial sporulation in the species Bacillus subtilis. This bacterium exists in two states ...

The importance of mucormycosis has grown in recent years as the number of patients with predisposing factors has increased dramatically. Clinical symptoms are elusive and conventional techniques ...

COVID treatment guidelines in India specify higher doses of steroids than other countries, which could be to blame for the rise in mucormycosis or “black fungus”. The emergence of a fungal ...

India has reported 45,374 cases of this rare and dangerous infection, called mucormycosis, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has said. It affects the nose, eyes and sometimes the brain ...

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Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see. By The Learning Network Look closely at this image, stripped of ...