Fungi may also be combated bydegrading the chitin in their cell walls." More than one billion tons of chitin are produced by insects,fungi, and marine organisms every year.

Billion-Year-Old Fossil Fungi, Oldest Known, Revises Broader Evolution Timeline A billion-year-old fungi microfossil includes the earliest documented presence of chitin, a fibrous substance found ...

A technique called confocal laser scanning flourescence microsopy uses a die that binds to chitin, unique to fungi, seen here glowing green on the exterior of the fungal filaments, in a fossil ...

Millions of years before the first trees grew their canopies and the earliest insects buzzed, a strange organism sprouted ...

Chitin, which provides ... (AMCase), which have long played roles in fighting pathogens containing chitin in their cell walls, including toxic fungi and the gut lining of parasitic nematodes.