Answer to Question #261283 in Ecology for G6ix

Question

provide and discuss the survival mechanisms improved by fungi.

Answer 1

1. Evasion of microphage engulfment is one of the strategy that many fungal and bacterial pathogens adopt, reducing the chance of phagocytic destruction and proinflammatory cytokine production.
2. Autophagy is another survival mechanism improved by fungi. It is a process whereby cells recycle material during stress situations, such as when nutrients are scarce. Some cells also use this process as an immune defense mechanism to eliminate pathogens.