Therefore, in many pathogenic microbes (for example, in Cryptococcus neoformans, a fungus) melanins appear to play important roles in virulence and pathogenicity by protecting the microbe against immune responses of its host.
Por tanto, en moitos microbios patóxenos (por exemplo, o fungo Cryptococcus neoformans) as melaninas parecen desempeñar un importante papel na virulencia e patoxenicidade ao protexeren ao microbio contra as respostas inmunitarias do hospedador.