Can Toxins Incite Fungi To Synthesize Novel Antibiotics?

By Richard Honour
Backed by Richard Honour, Kenneth Lehman, Wendy Scholl, Warren Wheeler, Craig Monk, Jean-Louis Excoffier, Alan Chen, Janet Hays, Cindy Wu, David Stifter, and 18 other backers
The Precautionary Group
EcologyChemistry
Open Access
DOI: 10.18258/5549
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Lab Notes

Tags:

Fungi, Sewage Sludge, New AntibioticsSewage Sludge dust and toxicityOcean plastic debris
Plastics Degrade to Deadly Chemicals
December 1, 2015
  • 4
  • 1
  • 142
Deadly Dust
November 24, 2015
  • 0
  • 0
  • 71
Sans Bioaccumulation
November 20, 2015
  • 1
  • 1
  • 68
Right On Track
November 16, 2015
  • 1
  • 1
  • 53
Toxic Flame Retardants Make For Toxic Sewage Sludge
November 14, 2015
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  • 3
  • 85
Mucking Around 101
October 25, 2015
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  • 1
  • 71
Bioaccumulation of Toxins Causes Disease
October 18, 2015
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  • 1
  • 203
Maybe I’m A Deer
October 11, 2015
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  • 1
  • 102
Lowly Fungi Tell the Tale
October 10, 2015
  • 6
  • 3
  • 64
No one knows!
October 6, 2015
  • 0
  • 0
  • 39
Can we survive toxic sewage sludge?
October 6, 2015
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  • 0
  • 38
Toxin Tolerance: Prelude to Microbial Antagonism
October 6, 2015
  • 0
  • 0
  • 88