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7 months agoOMG science
Climate crisis could spark fungus outbreak like 'The Last of Us'
Scientists have identified a hybrid fungus that has acquired properties like infecting humans, growing at higher temperatures, and resisting antifungal drugs.
Hybridization, a process of bringing together divergent genomes and alleles, allows rapid acquisition of pathogenic properties in fungi.
Rising temperatures, changes in ecosystem conditions, globalization, and human actions can make hybridization more common in fungi. [ more ]