Despite advances in tuberculosis treatment and prevention, tuberculosis remains a global health threat, responsible for an estimated 1.23 million deaths in 2024 [46], with continued concern over drug-resistant strains. In the Western Cape, South Africa, co-infection of tuberculosis and HIV is a significant public health concern contributing to a higher burden of disease. We compared the transcriptomes of two genetically simila...

Summary Wood and litter degrading fungi are the main decomposers of lignocellulose and thus play a key role in carbon cycling in nature. Here, we provide evidence for a novel lignocellulose degradation strategy employed by the litter degrading fungus Agaricus bisporus (known as the white button mushroom). Fusion of hyphae allows this fungus to synchronize the activity of its mycelium over large distances (50 cm). The synchroni...

Aim Large tropical trees form the interface between ground and airborne observations, offering a unique opportunity to capture forest properties remotely and to investigate their variations on broad scales. However, despite rapid development of metrics to characterize the forest canopy from remotely sensed data, a gap remains between aerial and field inventories. To close this gap, we propose a new pan‐tropical model to predic...