jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 21 days agoNew sexually transmitted fungal infection - ringworm - found in NYC marks 1st case in USwww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down11
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkNew sexually transmitted fungal infection - ringworm - found in NYC marks 1st case in USwww.usatoday.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 21 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareRev3rzelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·21 days agoI work in microbiology and only recently learned it’s actually a fungus. Disclaimer: I’m sure I’ve learned about it in the parasitology classes I’ve had but that was 15 years ago and since then I’ve been in bacteriology and sequencing.
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-218 days agoWhat a great time to be in mycology, with all we’ve been learning about DNA, etc. I’m kind of jealous! Hope you enjoy your work.
I work in microbiology and only recently learned it’s actually a fungus.
Disclaimer: I’m sure I’ve learned about it in the parasitology classes I’ve had but that was 15 years ago and since then I’ve been in bacteriology and sequencing.
What a great time to be in mycology, with all we’ve been learning about DNA, etc. I’m kind of jealous! Hope you enjoy your work.