Excited to have Carlos Lax @clax8.bsky.social and Ghizlane Tahiri @ghizlane-tahirizn.bsky.social recently join our lab. Give them a follow to not miss out on their fantastic science!

Light restores sporulation in Rhizopus microsporus cured of its endosymbionts, unveiling their role in fitness and virulence Abstract. Rhizopus microsporus is a major cause of mucormycosis, an infection caused by Mucorales that increasingly affects immunocompromised individuals.

Go outside. Get some light. Forget about that toxic relationship you're addicted to.

Our latest work in @isme-microbes.bsky.social shows how light can replace the function of endosymbiotic bacteria hosted within fungal hyphae for asexual reproduction.
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