The genus Entomophthora: bringing the insect destroyers into the twenty-first century

Abstract The fungal genus Entomophthora consists of highly host-specific pathogens that cause deadly epizootics in their various insect hosts. The most well-known among these is the “zombie fly” fungus E. muscae, which, like other Entomophthora species, elicits a series of dramatic behaviors in infe...

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Main Authors: Carolyn Elya, Henrik H. De Fine Licht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-11-01
Series:IMA Fungus
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43008-021-00084-w