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Fungi & mycotoxins

Pneumocystis jirovecii

Classified as a protozoon for eighty years. It is a fungus — and no antifungal treats it, because it has no ergosterol.

Filed under Pathogen Constellation Fungi & mycotoxins Status Upcoming

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Classified as a protozoon for eighty years. It is a fungus — and no antifungal treats it, because it has no ergosterol.

This star is on the map because the show intends to take the question apart properly — the trials, how it is actually tested, whether the thing sold is the thing studied. That work is not done yet, and nothing here should be read as a conclusion. When the investigation is published it will appear on this page.

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