In some sense all of nature can best be viewed in this way When you walk through a forest, the plants around you are colonized by mycorrhizal fungi which embed themselves in their roots, allowing plants to share nutrients with others nearby https://t.co/S
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Melanin is commonly found in many fungi, indicative of its important role in fungal survival. Many if not all human pathogenic fungi produce melanins. The melanization of fungal pathogens is diverse and includes DOPA melanins, DHN melanins and pyomelanins.
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For more on Histo pathogenesis, here are two papers: https://t.co/U3grlrvAEC https://t.co/vIdkaamh67 3/ https://t.co/ethnwOddX3
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@jaredtoay I find it fascinating that a person's very existence -- physiological functions, thoughts, reproduction -- depend on a network of bacteria, fungi and other microbiota in that person's body. https://t.co/OgpzRwREp5