SILENTSUPERBUG INFO 2026 - 2027

DISCOVERY REPORT Gut fungi are associated with human genetic variation 

and disease risk 

Emily P. Van Syoc1,2*, Emily R. Davenport1,2, Seth R. Bordenstein 1,2,3* 1 One Health Microbiome Center, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, 2 Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, 3 Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

 

Academic Editor: Jotham Suez, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

MERICAReceived: March 28, 2025 Accepted: July 30, 2025 

      

Published: September 2, 2025

IMAGES: PLEOSPORA SP.  SKIN COLONIZATION / FOLLICULITIS 

The other black fungi: exploring the opportunists in the order Pleosporales

Sarah Ahmed - Ervin M Alcanzo - Qirui Li - Nadir Musa Abuzeid -Xin Zhou - Peiying Feng - Dea Garcia-Hermoso - Sybren de Hoog

 

"Additionally, deep-seated infections generally exhibit a predilection for immunocompromised hosts, but cases with cerebral dissemination are more common in immunocompetent individuals. "

Appeared online 25 March 2025

TYPE AND SITE OF INFECTIONS ATTRIBUTED TO PLEOSPORALES

A: Disease Type Distribution. B: Distribution of Infection Sites.

Fantastic yeasts and where to find them: the hidden diversity of dimorphic fungal pathogens

Marley C Caballero Van Dyke1, Marcus M Teixeira1,2, Bridget M Barker1 

1Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States 2Faculty of Medicine, University of Brasília, Brasília-DF, Brazil