{"id":209580,"date":"2025-03-23T19:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T00:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/a-super-fungus-is-evolving-in-polluted-cities-and-its-spreading-through-cats"},"modified":"2025-03-23T19:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T00:03:09","slug":"a-super-fungus-is-evolving-in-polluted-cities-and-its-spreading-through-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/a-super-fungus-is-evolving-in-polluted-cities-and-its-spreading-through-cats","title":{"rendered":"A Super Fungus Is Evolving in Polluted Cities \u2014 And It\u2019s Spreading Through Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/a-super-fungus-is-evolving-in-polluted-cities-and-its-spreading-through-cats2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A deadly fungal epidemic in Brazil is evolving fast: pollution, cats, and genetics may be fueling its unstoppable spread.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil is facing the world\u2019s largest and most persistent sporotrichosis epidemic, a fungal infection spread primarily through cats. A new study reveals an alarming genetic diversity in the fungus, suggesting that urban pollutants may be accelerating its evolution. Researchers identified molecular markers that could enhance diagnostics and treatments, while also highlighting the rapid adaptation and virulence of Sporothrix brasiliensis.<\/p>\n<p>Unraveling the Largest Sporotrichosis Epidemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A deadly fungal epidemic in Brazil is evolving fast: pollution, cats, and genetics may be fueling its unstoppable spread. Brazil is facing the world\u2019s largest and most persistent sporotrichosis epidemic, a fungal infection spread primarily through cats. A new study reveals an alarming genetic diversity in the fungus, suggesting that urban pollutants may be accelerating [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[385,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evolution","category-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}