Fusarium spp.: A Trans-Kingdom Fungus, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2025) | Viewed by 1831
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Interests: pathogenesis of human yeast infections; molecular pathogenesis; antifungals; drug resistance; bioinformatics; mitochondria
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Dear Colleagues,
A number of environmental and pathogenic fungi are collectively referred to as trans-kingdom pathogenic fungi, meaning that they cause both human and plant (crop) diseases. The loss of crop production due to organisms such as Fusarium threatens food security. These environmental organisms are unlikely to fall into the category of other fungal pathogens such as the Candida species Cryptococcus neoformans, or endemic fungi, such as Histoplasma capsulatum, causing significant human but not crop diseases. The Fusarium and Aspergillus species rank among the most important of the trans-kingdom pathogens. Throughout the past decade, interesting studies have described molecular pathogenesis, azole resistance, and soil and plant microbiomes as sources of potential new antifungals and the relationships with human disease, especially regarding patients with life-threatening underlying conditions. Current data describe the azole resistance of environmental isolates of both fungal groups. These data pose the possibility of the air-borne transfer of azole-resistant isolates from the environment to patients, since azoles are used to protect crops from fungal diseases.
For this Special Issue, we will accept both original research articles and review papers focused on all studies of fusarium, either on humans or associated with soil or plants.
Prof. Dr. Richard Calderone
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biology
- host interactions
- the microbiome
- virulence
- molecular pathogenicity
- clinical observations
- azole resistance
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