Conidial melanin of the human pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus disrupts cell autonomous defenses in amoebae
I. Ferling, J. D. Dunn, A. Ferling, T. Soldati, F. Hillmann
This study shows that DHN-melanin on Aspergillus fumigatus conidia reduces phagocytosis by amoebae and delays phagolysosome maturation, enhancing fungal survival.
bioRxiv · Aug 9, 2019Microbiology