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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-11-01
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Series: | IMA Fungus |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s43008-021-00084-w |