To overcome the limitations of fungally derived uricase, investigators decided upon a strategy beginning with the platform of a recombinant mammalian uricase, derived from pig, but modified to reflect primate sequence at the carboxy terminus.
The latter workers studied fungally mediated C translocation from surface straw; however, this mechanism is likely to operate to an even greater extent with buried bag straw because the soil-straw interface is larger (above and below the straw layer).
The known instances of active pollination are few, but creation of feeding substrate for progeny is found in many arthropods that rely on fungal tissue or fungally modified nonreproductive plant parts.
Thus, animals with a long evolutionary history of managing fungally infected food may be expected to exhibit adaptations allowing them to deal with the effects of food-inhabiting fungi.