Dec 14, 2016
If you're wondering why is fungi such a big deal other than the fact they kill over 1.3 million people annually, destroy enough food to feed over 600 million people annually, kill everything from bats to coral and drive species to extinction... Check out this paper :D
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Tiny fungal spores and yeast forms are found in the soil, air, and water. Infection takes hold when spores break dormancy and grow in or on us. Fungi kill more than 1.5 million people every year. The few existing antifungal drugs are becoming ineffective because of a dramatic increase in resistance. Deep sequencing of the spore transcriptome will help us understand the mechanisms regulating spore dormancy and identify new drug targets.
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