Funding Information: This work was financially supported by the Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e a Tecnologia (FCT) through the project \u201CFATE\u201D (PTDC/CTA-AMB/6587/2020), MOSTMICRO-ITQB R&D Unit (UIDB/04612/2020, UIDP/04612/2020), and LS4FUTURE Associated Laboratory (LA/P/ 0087/2020). The authors are thankful to the project \u201CScience Open to Oeiras,\u201D Oeiras Science and Innovation Strate...
Organic pollutants are omnipresent and can penetrate all environmental niches. We evaluated the hypothesis that short-term (acute) exposure to aromatic hydrocarbon pollutants could increase the potential for fungal virulence. Specifically, we analyzed whether pentachlorophenol and triclosan pollution results in the production of airborne fungal spores with greater virulence than those derived from an unpolluted...
Funding Information: We would like to thank the excellent contributions from the iMM flow cytometry, rodent, and microscopy facilities. The project that gave rise to these results has received funding from the following sources:”la Caixa” Foundation under the grant agreement LCF/PR/HR19/52160005; European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreements No 667824; FCT - Portuguese F...