Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Fungal Pathogens

Fungal pathogens are fungi capable of causing disease in humans, animals, or plants by colonizing and damaging host tissues, evading host defenses, and in some cases producing toxins or invasive growth. They span yeasts, filamentous molds, and dermatophytes, and their clinical and agricultural impact ranges from sup…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 7 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 25× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2766-869X 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Fungal pathogens are fungi capable of causing disease in humans, animals, or plants by colonizing and damaging host tissues, evading host defenses, and in some cases producing toxins or invasive growth. They span yeasts, filamentous molds, and dermatophytes, and their clinical and agricultural impact ranges from superficial skin and keratin infections to deep and systemic mycoses and to destructive crop and soil-borne diseases. In the medical sphere, Candida species are leading opportunistic pathogens whose prevalence and antifungal susceptibility are monitored in hospital populations to guide therapy, while dermatophytes cause keratinized-tissue infections amenable to plant-derived antimycotic agents. Soil and environmental mycology contributes the study of keratinophilic fungi and their diversity and abundance in regional soils, reflecting reservoirs relevant to exposure. In plant pathology, fungal pathogens such as Fusarium and Sclerotium cause stem rot and other crop diseases whose growth is shaped by carbon-nitrogen nutrition and pH, and which are targeted by biological control agents including Trichoderma and by antifungal phytochemicals such as castor-derived constituents active against molds like Cunninghamella. Antifungal strategies encompass conventional drugs, natural-product compounds, and biocontrol, set against concerns of resistance and limited therapeutic options. As a scholarly topic, fungal pathogens integrate medical mycology, plant pathology, and microbial ecology to characterize pathogenicity, diagnose and treat infection, and develop antifungal and biocontrol approaches across host systems.

Research published in this journal

7 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 7 articles above have been cited 25 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Fungal Diversity (ISSN 2766-869X).

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Sudha Chaturvedi · United States

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