the process of melanizing, or the state of being melanized
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Meanwhile, with increased rearing density there was reduced capsule melanization.
Farley W. S. Silva, Daniel L. Viol, Sirlene V. Faria, Eraldo Lima, Fernando H. Valicente,Simon L. Elliot 2013, 'Two's a Crowd: Phenotypic Adjustments and Prophylaxis in Anticarsia gemmatalis LarvaeAre Triggered by the Presence of Conspecifics', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0061582. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The inhibition of fungal melanization was dependent on direct cell contact and live bacteria.
Francois L. Mayer, James W. Kronstad, Yong-Sun Bahn 2017, 'Disarming Fungal Pathogens: Bacillus safensis Inhibits Virulence Factor Productionand Biofilm Formation by Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida albicans', mBiohttp://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/5/e01537-17. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The refractory males had a stronger melanization response than males from the susceptible line.
Voordouw Maarten J, Koella Jacob C, Hurd Hilary 2008, 'Comparison of male reproductive success in malaria-refractory and susceptible strainsof Anopheles gambiae', Malaria Journalhttp://www.malariajournal.com/content/7/1/103. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The number of melanized microspheres in parasitized larvae was low and indicated less intense melanization.
ELIANA M. DOS PASSOS, VALÉRIA WANDERLEY-TEIXEIRA, EDMILSON J. MARQUES, ÁLVARO A.C.TEIXEIRA, FÁBIO A. BRAYNER 2014, 'Cotesia flavipes (CAM) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Supresses Immune Responses In Diatraeaflavipennella (BOX) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)', Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciênciashttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652014000402013&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Melanization reflects not only body color variation but also environmental plasticity.
Haichen Yin, Qihao Shi, Muhammad Shakeel, Jing Kuang, Jianhong Li 2016, 'The environmental plasticity of diverse body color caused by extremely long photoperiodsand high temperature in Saccharosydne procerus (Homoptera: Delphacidae)', Frontiers in Physiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2016.00401/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Melanization of infective juveniles was observed in both mosquito species.
Carolina Ulvedal, Marìa Alejandra Bertolotti, Susana Raquel Cagnolo, Walter RicardoAlmirón 2017, 'Laboratory susceptibility tests of Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus larvaeto the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora', Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Saludhttps://www.revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/3470. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This happens through three major mechanisms: phagocytosis, melanization, and lysis.
Ankit Kumar, Priyanshu Srivastava, PDNN Sirisena, Sunil Kumar Dubey, Ramesh Kumar,Jatin Shrinet, Sujatha Sunil 2018, 'Mosquito Innate Immunity', Insectshttp://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/9/3/95. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, no relationship between rate of infection and melanization was observed.
Cleide MR Albuquerque, Vânia MS Cavalcanti, Maria Alice V Melo, Paulo Verçosa, LêdaN Regis, Hilary Hurd 1999, 'Bloodmeal microfilariae density and the uptake and establishment of Wuchereria bancroftiinfections in Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes aegypti', Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761999000500005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The mutant also displayed sensitivity to copper starvation and defects in polysaccharide capsule production and melanization.
Cheryl D. Chun, Hiten D. Madhani 2010, 'Ctr2 Links Copper Homeostasis to Polysaccharide Capsule Formation and PhagocytosisInhibition in the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0012503. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)