Right, I get it. A lot of money got invested, not much came out of it. All the same it's curious that the production of oxalates by fungi has been proposed as a means to control mites and ticks:
Kirkland, B. H., Eisa, A., & Keyhani, N. O. (2005). Oxalic acid as a fungal acaracidal virulence factor. Journal of medical entomology, 42(3), 346-351.
more recently:
> Among a huge variety of organic acids (e.g., oxalic acid, citric acid and lactic acid) generated by fungi, oxalic acid is considered as an important molecule which plays diverse roles in geobiochemical circulation mediated by fungi ... Current study highlights for the first time that the cytoplasm pathway of oxalate production is connected with pathogenic lifestyle of entomopathogenic fungi.
Gao, Y., Feng, M. G., & Ying, S. H. (2018). Oxaloacetate hydrolase gene links the cytoplasmic route of oxalate formation to differentiation and virulence of entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 21(1), 211-216.
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