fungal infection
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- Leaf rust caused by Puccinia triticina Eriks.
- Pea is infected by a number of pathogens, and among them powdery mildew (PM) caused by Erysiphe pisi is an important fungal disease.
- Sporotrichosis is the most common subcutaneous mycosis.
- Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin produced by Aspergillus and Penicillium, contaminating in a wide variety of food and feeds.
- Rhizoctonia stem rot of poinsettia caused by Rhizoctonia solani is controlled by strain 5.
- COVID-19 patients, both infected and recovered are rapidly contracting mucormycetes infections due to the 'Mucorales' order, under Zygomycetes class of fungi.
- Fungal infections are an increasing threat to global public health.
- Candida albicans is an important fungal pathogen with a diploid genome that can adapt to caspofungin, a major drug from the echinocandin class, by a reversible loss of one copy of chromosome 5 (Ch5).
- Fungal infections in general and Candida species in particular are increasingly being recognized to cause late onset sepsis(> 3 day) and compete with bacteria today as one of the leading causes of nosocomial infections.