Widespread fungal-bacterial competition for magnesium lowers bacterial susceptibility to polymyxin antibiotics.

Fungi and bacteria coexist in many polymicrobial communities, yet the molecular basis of their interactions remains poorly understood. Here, we show that the fungus Candida albicans sequesters essential magnesium ions from the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. To counteract fungal Mg2+ sequestration, P.

The story of a school participating in the Healthy School Award Scheme in Hong Kong.

This article described why the Tsung Tsin College joined in the Hong Kong Healthy Schools Award Scheme, how it tried to live up to the expectations, and the gains it reaped from the experience. Operating in a less affluent district of Hong Kong, the school strived for whole-person education for its students, many of whom suffer from social deprivations, and turned its environment into one conducive to learning. Finding that the Scheme advocates similar themes, the school enrolled and hoped to strengthen its self-improvement capacity.