Even Symbiotic Relationships are Forced Scientists Discover


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it is interesting, while at the same time I cant help but think this is typical of scientists to come to these kinds of conclusions. Just becasue a protein is released by the fungus that sedates the immune system of the plant while the process takes place, does not necessarily mean its a "forced" relationship in the context that the title seems to suggest.

You mean `person who wrote the news article` instead of `scientists` jamie?

Doesn´t seem like that wording was used in the publication itself, more like the supposed journalist writting about the publication using some catchy headline.

Thanks for sharing Aegle, def interesting stuff

I do apologize for the sensationalist headline, please if you can ignore it as the findings and the research are incredibly fascinating.


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It's interesting that it sedates the immune system initially, but I know some fungal endophytes serve as immune systems for some plants, producing antibacterial and microbial agents. Its as if the fungus says "Shh.. I've got it from here". I see that this fungus is a rhizosphere fungus and sounds like it functions mainly in increasing nutrient absorption, but I wouldn't be surprised to hear of a same 'hushing' of the immune system in fungi that serve as host protectors.