The evolution of pathogens has received attention in a wide range of scientific fields, such as epidemiology, demography, and evolutionary ecology. Understanding pathogen evolution is particularly ...

Heterogeneity in host populations significantly influences pathogen evolution, yet most theories assume uniformity. This study uses a meta-population model to examine how local environmental ...

These proteins, though fundamental for host infection, would become more isolated from the pathogen network, explaining why they are mostly dispensable in a non-host environment. Pathogens target ...

Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech and Montana State University have discovered a fungal protein that plays a key role in causing disease in plants and animals ...

The scientists looked at two different fungal pathogens: Alternaria brassicicola, which causes widespread damage in crops like canola, cabbage and broccoli, and Aspergillus fumigatus, a human ...

The totality of bacteria, viruses and fungi that exist in and on a multicellular organism forms its natural microbiome. The ...

The findings, which provide a fresh perspective on host-pathogen interactions, were published on March 28 in Science Advances.. Circadian clocks are biological timekeeping systems that allow ...

The results highlight the importance of taking into account host, pathogen and environmental factors when investigating infection outcomes in wild-caught fireflies. "We don't know very much about how ...

PLOS. (2023, July 27). 'Time-traveling' pathogens in melting permafrost pose likely risk to environment. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 07 ...

Scientists warn that as the planet warms, permafrost around the world will thaw, reintroducing dangerous pathogens to the environment that have been dormant for millennia.