Galleria mellonella immune melanization is fungicidal during infection

Real-time imaging of fungal infection and tissue clearing in the wax moth, Galleria mellonella, help evaluate the role of melanin in the insect host immune response to fungal pathogens.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Daniel F. Q. Smith, Quigly Dragotakes, Madhura Kulkarni, J. Marie Hardwick, Arturo Casadevall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04340-6