These fungi usually appeared to be intracellular, meaning that they live inside cancer cells. They also found evidence that the fungi and bacteria within these cancers commonly interact with each other, and often not in a competitive way. Perhaps more importantly, the team found associations between these fungal microbiomes and aspects of the cancer itself, such as its response to immunotherapy treatments.I had no idea that fungi could live INSIDE cells.
Have to ping Fungi, of course.
>>I had no idea that fungi could live INSIDE cells. <<
The mitochondria inside your cells, which turn glucose+oxygen into energy, are independent organisms with their own DNA lines, which were incorporated into your cells as symbiots long ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrion#Origin_and_evolution
90% of all tree have an association with fungi called mycorrhiza. The fungus forms a mantle around the roots of the plant allowing it to extract more water and minerals from the soil. Some mycorrhiza are extracellular, some are intracellular. Then there are endophytes, fungi that live inside a plant but cause it no harm. In forest soils, 90% of the biomass is fungus, 50% in agricultural soils. Fungi rule the world.