Threats Posed by the Fungal Kingdom to Humans, Wildlife, and Agriculture

• Published in: mBio Vol. 11; no. 3
• Main Authors: Fisher, Matthew C., Gurr, Sarah J., Cuomo, Christina A., Blehert, David S., Jin, Hailing, Stukenbrock, Eva H., Stajich, Jason E., Kahmann, Regine, Boone, Charles, Denning, David W., Gow, Neil A. R., Klein, Bruce S., Kronstad, James W., Sheppard, Donald C., Taylor, John W., Wright, Gerard D., Heitman, Joseph, Casadevall, Arturo, Cowen, Leah E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 05.05.2020
• Subjects: Agriculture; Animals; Animals, Wild - microbiology; antifungal resistance; biodiversity; food security; fungal pathogens; Fungi - pathogenicity; Global Health; Host-Microbe Biology; Humans; medical mycology; Minireview; Mycoses - microbiology; Plant Diseases - microbiology; Plants - microbiology; global health; biodiversity; plant-pathogenic fungi; food security; wildlife pathogens; fungal pathogens; medical mycology; antifungal resistance

The fungal kingdom includes at least 6 million eukaryotic species and is remarkable with respect to its profound impact on global health, biodiversity, ecology, agriculture, manufacturing, and biomedical research. Approximately 625 fungal species have been reported to infect vertebrates, 200 of whic...