They eat the spores from the underneath of the leaf and basically clean the leaves of those spores.
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Their immature digestive systems cannot move C. botulinum spores through their gut quickly enough to keep the spores from germinating.
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He can produce 40 pounds of food from just 2 pounds of mushroom spores — and the spores only cost around $10.
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As its spores ripen, the puffball's outer skin, or cuticle, develops one or two small holes called ostioles through which millions of dry spores escape at the smallest disturbance.
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When it's hot, the water evaporates and the spores shrink.
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After anthrax spores were found in letters sent to Sens.
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This includes pollen, dust, mold spores, bacteria, and pet dander.
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In a single day, a mushroom releases billions of spores.
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Moreover, all the spores that were cased in artificial meteorites were killed, although the survival of those same spores increased significantly if they were encased in glucose, a simple sugar circulated in the blood stream.
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Rain drops release many spores, but the flick of a finger can create a sinuous puff of dark brown smoke, potentially wafting the fungal spores into the lightest breeze and spreading puffballs near and far.
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People are infected when they inhale one or more airborne spores.
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But here, it's covered in terrifying, gourd-like spores from Earth. .
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In the winter, they lie dormant in the snow as spores.
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Medium-high levels of leaf spores that will clog your lungs.
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But I really want to know what's up with those spores.
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When these colonized patients receive antibiotics, C. diff may expand within their gut microbiome and start shedding more spores, which means more spores on the bed, the bedside table, the floor, and other areas, he said.
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A dead spiny ant with fungal spores erupting out of its head.
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Alternatively, E. muscae spores could also inspire weapons against flies when needed.
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The fungus grows its stalk and spreads spores around the dead body.
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The spores disrupt the crucial exchange of salts across the frog's skin.
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Spores are the microscopic structures used by fungi to reproduce and spread.
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" Linda informs them the babies are "sleeping in there with 19,000 spores.
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Then strip out the leather—it may be infected with mold spores.
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The only clue given was the purchases also involved birdseed and spores.
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They do, however, help to spread fungal spores and infect more cicadas.
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Riding on the prevailing culinary winds, trattoria spores drifted far and wide.
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Vogmasks are designed to protect from PM2.5, dust, allergens, and mold spores.
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In theory, it might not only be possible to find impressions left by hypothetical Martian mold spores in ancient rocks but also to immediately test the sedimentary rock to determine how long ago those spores landed in Mars mud.
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The spores are also connected to shutters that control how much water evaporates.
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Mucor is a species of mucormycosis, which are fungal spores commonly found outdoors.
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The zombie fungus used the weevil to spread its spores into the wind.
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Ultimately, eating some spooky spores or a tab of acid is no different.
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That would suggest that the milk—not the environment—was tainted with spores.
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When the spores are inhaled, it is more likely to cause an infection.
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When a nymph digs through infected soil, fungal spores cling to its body.
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Trilobites Thousands of years ago, two microscopic spores spawned and created a monster.
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On mushrooms, spores grow along the gills on the underside of the caps.
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"These results indicate that many kinds of bacteria, including potential pathogens and spores, can be deposited on hands exposed to bathroom hand dryers, and that spores could be dispersed throughout buildings and deposited on hands by hand dryers," the authors said.
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"These results indicate that many kinds of bacteria, including potential pathogens and spores, can be deposited on hands exposed to bathroom hand dryers and that spores could be dispersed throughout buildings and deposited on hands by hand dryers," the study stated.
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Previously, scientists had believed that spores could travel only a few centimeters at most.
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Spores from mold are a common problem — particularly in old buildings or humid environments.
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An environmental testing firm found high levels of mold spores in her child's bedroom.
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An environmental testing firm found high levels of mold spores in her son's bedroom.
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The danger is not from the spores themselves but what they produce while germinating.
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But try as he might, he could almost never get the spores to grow.
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Tread on a puffball, for instance, and you release a mist of tiny spores.
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In section two, they tried dipping their roots into a slurry of fungal spores.
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The sporangia structures that produce spores, tucked inside the leaf of a lady fern.
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And as their hijacked bodies copulate, spores sprinkle to the earth and massospora spreads.
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What I love doing is brushing the spores into the air at the end.
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Exposure to mold spores can cause allergic reactions that may be particularly long-lasting.
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Under humid conditions, fungal spores can also grow, so Tierno recommends walking around in slippers.
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Developing the right spores that grow well in the local environment has been one challenge.
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Spores are much smaller than seeds, and they can easily grow in a damp area.
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The tentacles are covered in a brown mucus called gleba, which contains C. archeri's spores.
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GRASS SEED evolved from spores, by the way, and was bred into wheat and corn.
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When oxygen and water seep in, the fungus would produce spores to fill any microcracks.
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Women who will be more than happy to reproduce the old-fashioned way, sans spores.
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For more than a decade, the lab used a technique that failed to fully neutralize the spores on many occasions, resulting in live spores of the deadly bacteria being sent to 192 labs in the United States and abroad, Defense Department officials reported last year.
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Otherwise known as "fungal pneumonia," this potentially life-threatening lung condition is typically caused by the inhalation of spores and "opportunistic fungi," which in this case, doctors believe had been contracted after inhaling the spores of a fungus that usually grows in used footwear.
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"The spores of this parasite occur in the muscle and under the skin of Pacific salmon causing a condition known as 'milky flesh' disease because of the creamy white fluid containing spores that oozes from the cysts (pansporoblasts) during filleting," the field guide reads.
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Botulism can also occur when spores germinate in wounds, particularly needle puncture sites on drug users.
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What's unclear, they admit, is just why the air-blasted plates showed so many more spores.
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These bacteria form shields of spores that allow them to survive even when conditions turn deadly.
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The spores then burst out of the cells and can infect other cells, or other frogs.
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The spores and toxins released by bacteria commonly found on food can flourish at this temperature.
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Once it matures, it releases spores, which descend on healthy and unsuspecting ants on the ground.
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The downside of relying on spores as a survival strategy is that it is extremely demanding.
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They have gills, and through their gills they literally release spores into the earth to reproduce.
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This sample didn't have any spores, according to the research published last week in PLoS One.
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There also may be insect parts, bodily secretions and excretions, fungal spores, and bacteria, he says.
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Besides dumping our mold problem on Mars, these fungal spores could present a human health risk.
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They put the spores in pills, which they gave to 30 patients with C. difficile infections.
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A new paper published Wednesday helps explain how fungi aim the spores in the right direction.
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It can survive as spores in the soil for hundreds of years before entering an animal.
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People are developing respiratory issues partly due to airborne fungal spores from lack of proper cleanup.
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There is as yet no 'smoking gun' that life on Earth is an offshoot of interstellar spores.
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They must endure everything from hard poundings from mechanised boot studs to repeated dusting with fungus spores.
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Anthrax spores can get into the skin through a cut — like, say, if you nicked yourself shaving.
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On November 16, Senator Patrick Leahy received a letter found to contain at least 923,000 anthrax spores.
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Potter delighted in painting fungi and during the 1890s she began creating microscopic drawings of fungus spores.
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Dr. Henry eventually realized that he needed to sterilize the soil to permit the spores to develop.
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The rest he consigned to the soil, allowing the spores to spread and hopefully replenish future production.
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"These blooms here—they're the exoskeletons of mold spores," he explains, pointing at a bright pink stain.
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Towing around these spores presents problems for other moons or planets, where we might leave our mold.
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It would be fascinating if spores in fecal matter could be revived after decades on the moon.
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Amphibians are infected with Bd by contact with other animals or by spores floating in the water.
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But the spores and tendrils fungi grow don't often form fossils, making the story hard to uncover.
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A soft pelt of green spores covered the agar and concealed at first an oozing bacterial film.
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That includes dust, pollen, pet hair and dander, bacteria, mold spores, and even smoke and other odors.
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Spores from C. difficile bacteria cling to surfaces and can spread easily in hospitals and nursing homes.
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As water from the surface enters the device, it changes the shape of the spores, which create electricity.
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Mosses and ferns, for instance, spread spores through the air, though typically in small amounts over limited areas.
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It mainly effects animals, but humans can contract the infection through contact with infected animals or inhaling spores.
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There, the spores can cause swelling, itchy bumps or blisters, and also painless ulcers with a black center.
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A study by Torrey found that there can be 100 toxo spores, or oocysts, under a gardener's fingernail.
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Once mature, the spherical fungi will puff at the slightest impact, emitting a cloud of dust-like spores.
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For example, someone allergic to mold might be bothered by a fish tank, which can harbor fungal spores.
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From then on, mold spores will take over during the damp, rainy days of fall and winter allergies.
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The suit also comes with an environmentally-friendly embalming fluid and a mineral applicant made of mushroom spores.
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Most of these works are representations of nature; older works have names like Milky Seas, Galaxias, and Spores.
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Rather than cultivate them in a cave, the locals drill holes in logs and inoculate them with spores.
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A new study found that the invasive snail species is a greedy consumer of the bright orange spores.
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When mold spores find a warm, dark, moist environment with plenty of food, they like to take root.
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The artificial spores and droplets in the experiment were about 10 times the size of ones in nature.
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They focused in on the spores of the fungus Sporormiella that ate the poop of plant-eating mammals.
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You encounter an idyllic retirement community in a mushroom forest enjoying a quiet life amidst the blowing spores.
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As they explore, two of the men encounter a bulbous fungus that releases microscopic spores that enter their orifices.
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The fungus, which develops as long filaments, breaks apart into microscopic spores and becomes airborne when soil is disturbed.
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Once the spores enter the body, they germinate and multiply, causing a flu-like illness that poisons the blood.
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These insects are key for spreading the mushroom's spores so the mushroom can reproduce and colonize new food sources.
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Mold is everywhere and it won't kill you, but the spores can bother people who have allergies or asthma.
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Humans can contract the disease by inhaling spores from the dander of an infected bird or from bird droppings.
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Food-borne botulism C. botulinum spores are commonly found on the surfaces of seafood and most fruits and vegetables.
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It's similar to infant botulism, but science isn't very clear on how the spores get into the adult gut.
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Then, the termites wait for large mushrooms to grow out of the fungus spores so they can eat them.
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That infection is caused by breathing in the spores of a fungus often found in bird and bat droppings.
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The Diagnosis Coccidioidomycosis is a lung infection usually caused by inhaling the spores of a tiny fungus called coccidioides.
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Still, this experiment is apparently Discovery's main purpose in the war effort, so for now, ominous spores it is.
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Some males even mimic females to attract and spread their spores to male partners — the more infected, the better.
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After two weeks, Dr. Kasson will bisect the subjects to search for signs of growth, like mycelium or spores.
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If conditions are favorable, it can quickly spread to other plants through wet soil and as wind-scattered spores.
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Inhaling mold spores triggers asthma and can set off the kind of attacks that send children to the hospital.
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If the spores were merely dropped, many of them would waft back into the parent mushroom and get stuck.
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Bacterial spores found in soil can enter the body when the skin barrier is disrupted, according to the CDC.
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He chronicled the whole endeavor on Twitter, from extracting spores from ancient Egyptian pottery straight to the finished loaf.
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In simple terms, the tree roots and fungal spores get together and have a truffle baby, which grows underground.
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"The next patient who enters the room is thus more likely to be exposed to C. diff spores," he said.
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And while evidence shows dryers can cover hands in bacteria, they said, it's not certain whether they deposit bacterial spores.
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Part of what makes the germ so pernicious is its ability to harden into spores that can withstand hot temperatures.
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Other research, meanwhile, has shown that, very rarely, T. rubrum does seem to produce spores indicative of just having mated.
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It is over within a few hours, and it is difficult for scientists to record the launch of individual spores.
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People can become infected by breathing in microscopic fungal spores made airborne by wind, construction, and other soil-disturbing activities.
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The algorithm they created can analyze images of bacterial spores to identify whether they're anthrax in less than a second.
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If you can see black or brown mold on there, that means there are probably millions of mold spores present.
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Wearing a face mask could also be a good idea to make sure you don't breathe the spores, Sullivan said.
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Following the September 11 attacks and the subsequent mailings of anthrax spores, the US government enacted the Homeland Security Act.
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Though the cause cannot be certain, mold spores can aggravate asthma, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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That's because household dust is full of lots of other irritating stuff, including pet dander, mold spores, and fabric fibers.
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Their enemy, now, has no brain and a billion arms and can send spores rooting in wetlands of their bodies.
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You can buy spores of a fungus called Trichoderma, for example, that attack another fungus that causes Pythium root rot.
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One possible exception is anthrax, which forms protective spores that can survive in some cases for decades and perhaps centuries.
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To transport its spores, it uses the cicada's living body, which spreads the fungus as it mates, like an STD.
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Because American foulbrood is spread by way of bacterial spores, any infected bees, honey, or equipment can spread the infection.
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He packs the wet hay into a bag and spreads 5 to 10 grams of mushroom spores between each layer.
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It is then baked in the oven to preserve its shape, which also stops spores and other nasty things from growing.
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Melanin-heavy skin is good at attracting algal spores, convincing them to settle out of the water onto the dark surface.
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Trilobites After Entomophthora muscae fatally infects house flies, it makes microscopic stalks for hurtling spores at other insects that come nearby.
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They reasoned that the water cannons would mimic the way water inside fungal cells helps create enough pressure to eject spores.
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"When it falls back into drought, the spores will become airborne because of dust and lower amounts of rain," she said.
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From cooking residue to paints, varnishes and fungal spores, the air we breathe indoors is often more polluted than that outside.
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But that typically requires giving the spores a little time to multiply in order to yield enough genetic material to analyze.
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These spores are usually harmless in older children or adults, but can be deadly to babies under 12 months of age.
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The spores burrow a few cell layers down into an amphibian's slick skin and then start reproducing inside the skin cells.
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While mushrooms are not pollinated, one idea is that their colors help attract insects or animals that spread spores through contact.
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After some training, it could distinguish the anthrax spores from the non-anthrax doppelgänger species about 96 percent of the time.
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The air circulation systems themselves, when not properly sealed, suck up mold spores and distribute them around the house, he said.
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Adult intestinal toxemia This is a very rare type of botulism in which the spores get into an adult's intestinal tract.
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That paid off, and to meet growing demand, farmers are being trained to produce mushroom spores so they can expand production.
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Before they start, they all need tetanus shots, goggles, hats, boots, gloves and masks certified to block mold spores, he said.
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The fungus's rotting-flesh stink then attracts flies, which get covered with the gleba so they can spread the spores elsewhere.
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"If there are foulbrood spores in the comb, they stay in the comb for probably a hundred years," Dr. Spivak said.
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Some were able to alter their shapes according to their surroundings and then to spread their spores over a greater distance.
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Once the timeline was in place, Ms. Brügger began tracking pollen, spores and soot in the samples using a light microscope.
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It should be wood or natural fiber with a lattice bottom so the mushrooms' spores can return to the forest floor.
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Trilobites To spread forth and multiply, fungi — including the familiar button, portobello and shiitake mushrooms — shoot their spores into wafting breezes.
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But, now, with animals bred from spores, how can we avoid contamination if we can't even be sure what we're inhaling?
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Like the spores of the real fungus, the image of the auspicious one spread far and wide, mushrooming in countless forms.
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The HEPA filter captures 99.7 percent of allergens like household dust, pet dander, mold spores, and plant pollens, even as small as .
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As a result, Ophiocordyceps could not spread the way it had in beetles, simply by killing its host and sending out spores.
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Using smart sensors and PlasmaWave technology, the Winix Air Cleaner continually scans your air and captures dust, pollen, smoke, and mold spores.
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Every time you carry a mushroom, whether it's a ... The spores go ... Yeah, you're just trailing this fairy dust, this pixie dust.
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Dormant organisms aren't as hardy as spores, but their quiescent state means they don't have to waste valuable resources coping with stressors.
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Its HEPA filter captures particulate matter down to the level of 0.3 microns, trapping 99.97% of allergens, mold spores, dust, and more.
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Even today, land plants rely on the genes to make spores and seeds that can survive for months or years in dormancy.
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Viewed from above, Earth must look like it's infected by an unstoppable asphalt bacteria, its individual spores slowly merging with one another.
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As the study mentions, cheesemakers as far back as the 19th century were using spores from moldy rye bread to make Roquefort.
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The dead body then explosively releases a cloud of spores, potentially killing many more caterpillars and heading off damage to tree leaves.
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"Annihilation" raises the possibility that from this point on, everything we read is a hallucination produced by these spores: a fungal narration.
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The Vista 200 uses a three-stage filtration system to eliminate bacteria, dust mites, mold spores, allergens, odors, pet dander, and smoke.
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When Wang found her lemon ferment overly rich in mold spores, she decided to use a batch she'd cured at home instead.
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They are more likely to be exposed to the spores in hospitals and nursing homes, and more likely to be prescribed antibiotics.
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Mold infections are more dangerous for those already sick Fungal spores from mold are present everywhere, and few can cause serious infection.
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Fungal spores traveling longer distances could affect large numbers of flies, and might be an interesting model for studying epidemics, Dr. Hajek said.
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Air purifiers use powerful filters to effectively remove most of the dust, smoke, pollen, odour, mould spores, and pet dander from your home.
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"Biosecurity is hard when the potential invaders are small and hard to detect, or have small eggs or seeds or spores," said Anderson.
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Spores of the fungus travel through water, and when they find their intended host — the slippery skin of a salamander — they burrow in.
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First, the researchers analyzed traces of mammoth DNA and fungal spores found in herbivore poop to figure out exactly when the animals disappeared.
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The bacteria are killed when the rice is cooked, but their spores stay alive and flourish if then left out at room temperature.
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MBD: Fungi have evolved different forms of 'fruiting bodies' to suit how they spread their spores, a process scientists refer to as dispersal.
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Like puffballs, all men are given life, then grow round and, in the end, shoot out a giant cloud of mustard-colored spores.
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Most bacterial cells, fungal spores, and pollen particles are fluorescent, so they can be reliably distinguished from non-biological material in the air.
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The larva isn't helping itself: It's gulping down still more spores, which work their way through its gut and into its body cavity.
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It took control of the bug's muscles and compelled it to climb the fern stem to a height suitable to spread the spores.
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Nearly half of those who breathe in these spores have no symptoms, or symptoms are so mild they never visit the doctor's office.
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The analysis revealed the characteristic bilayered cell structure that is associated with fungi, along with filaments capped by spheres that probably contained spores.
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Bacterial spores (dormant bacteria that form a protective outer coating) in the Arctic have been revived after thousands of years frozen in ice.
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Officials suspect that the spores can be shaken loose from bedding and they have been known to cling to walls and ceiling tiles.
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Coral grows by releasing spores that float through ocean currents until they find a structure to adhere to and upon which to grow.
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With a laugh, she said she wanted to be buried in a bodysuit threaded with mushroom spores that turn the body into compost.
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By 1999, researchers had determined the culprit was a deadly disease caused by chytrid fungus which infected the animals with tiny, swimming spores.
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So a mushroom fires the spores away from the vertical gill — but not so far that they fly into the next gill over.
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The spores shut down Congressional offices, the Supreme Court and much of the postal system, and cost about $320 million to clean up.
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Cryptogams reproduce in a secret way, through spores, rather than flowers, so botanists of old put them lower down on the plant hierarchy.
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From here, the fungus continues to grow and fester inside the ant's body, eventually piercing through the ant's head and releasing its fungal spores.
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The fungal fuzz forms quickly, launching spores as if from microscopic cannons to attack healthy flies that get too close to the dying insect.
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People can't keep the newspaper in their house forever; they run out of room, it gets moldy, they breathe in spores, they get sick.
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But anthrax can also be a dangerous bioweapon: in 2001, anthrax spores sent in the mail infected 22 people and killed five of them.
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Deborah Sanderson, sponsor of a bill to reverse the policy, says there are simpler, more humane ways to mitigate the risk of mold spores.
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Most of what was known about dormancy came from bacteria that formed hardy spores, including Bacillus anthracis, the soil microbe famous for causing anthrax.
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The ability to form spores can protect a bacterium from everything: high doses of ultraviolet and gamma radiation, prolonged drought, the vacuum of space.
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Ten percent of the B. anthracis genome is devoted to forming spores, and the process can take more than five hours, start to finish.
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Long before that, even, it was used by Ayurvedic and Eastern medicine practitioners to whiten teeth and cleanse toxic mold spores from the body.
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Incredibly, the Russians found that some bacteria, spores, lichens and even one animal (the tardigrade) were able to survive in the outer space environment.
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As the cicada matures, massospora multiplies, digesting the insect's insides, castrating it and replacing its rear end with a chalky white plug of spores.
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Some of the glass works look like spores or futuristic organisms; some of the candles do creepy things like spiral around a tree branch.
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Florence Hardy has become obsessive about these unchecked trees, believing their spores to be responsible for a growth she's just had removed from her neck.
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"If you're prone to rashes like eczema, or if you have asthma and breathe the pollen spores in, it can cause a reaction," he says.
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This mushroom growing log has organic shiitake spores planted inside — all you need to do is place it in a dark, cool, and damp place.
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At least 85 percent of people infected by inhaling the spores die if left untreated, sometimes within just one to two days after symptoms appear.
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The fungus slowly consumes the brain, until it bursts through the host's head, scattering even more spores into the air to infect more unsuspecting hosts.
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Turns out, babies inhale all of that dirt, dead skin cells, bacteria, pollen, and fungal spores at four times the rate of a walking adult.
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The stalk erupting out of the back of its head rains fungal spores onto more ants below, thus perpetuating the parasite's infection of the colony.
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Each gram of dirt in an infected field can host 100 million clubroot spores, which spread by wind, water, farm machinery - even a farmer's boots.
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G. magnificus might look like more modern mushrooms but mycologists often use the shape of their spores, pre-mushrooms, to determine what species they are.
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"Bacteria, mold, and spores have to be contained, so just like in a doctor's office, trash cans should always be covered," says celebrity manicurist Elle.
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Their airy, dough-like interior transforms as the spores within ripen, turning it from milky white to yellowish and finally to a dark brownish purple.
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Make sure to thoroughly wash the pot and strainer, if not regularly then at least on occasion, in order to prevent mold spores from developing.
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Thieves had stolen the furnace and all the piping, holes pocked the roof, and smoke damage on the walls gave the impression of mold spores.
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