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Fungi

In Our Time: Science

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The Impact of Fungi on Human Health

Saraga: Fungus are the most important agents of disease. Each year, about a million people d from fungal infections. They kill more than malaria and tuberculosis added together. A fung is very competitive - they can occupy an entire volume of wood with their aggressions. And when they meet each other in this volatile way, neither manages to get any nutrients at all. Neither manages to replace any dead or diseased trees that have been destroyed by fungus. It's bewildering, much going on, isn't it? The the intensity in the range of it.

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