"Fungi" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A kingdom of eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms that live parasitically as saprobes, including MUSHROOMS; YEASTS; smuts, molds, etc. They reproduce either sexually or asexually, and have life cycles that range from simple to complex. Filamentous fungi, commonly known as molds, refer to those that grow as multicellular colonies.
| Descriptor ID |
D005658
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Fungi, Filamentous- Fungi, Filamentous
- Filamentous Fungi
- Filamentous Fungus
- Fungus, Filamentous
- Molds
- Mold
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fungi" by people in Profiles.
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Diagnostic accuracy of the BioFire FilmArray blood culture identification panel when used in critically ill patients with sepsis. J Microbiol Methods. 2021 10; 189:106303.
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Evolutionary strata on young mating-type chromosomes despite the lack of sexual antagonism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 07 03; 114(27):7067-7072.
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Looking for fungi in all the right places: screening for cryptococcal disease and other AIDS-related mycoses among patients with advanced HIV disease. Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2017 03; 12(2):139-147.
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The in vitro pharmacological activities of 12 South African Hermannia species. J Ethnopharmacol. 2008 Oct 28; 119(3):615-9.