Microbial Agent's Impact May Differ Based on Sequence of Events

摘要

In the Alice In Wonderland world of microbes, what researchers and others observe isn't always what it seems. Ragnar Rylander, a medical doctor for the University of Gothenburg's Department of Environmental Medicine in Sweden, describes this oft-vexing reality in his paper Effects after Mold Exposure - Which Are the Causative Agents? There, he cites the polyglucose compound (1 →3)-β-D-glucan as a case in point.