Mechanisms behind the Madness: How Do Zombie-Making Fungal Entomopathogens Affect Host Behavior To Increase Transmission?

Charissa de Bekker; William C. Beckerson; Carolyn Elya

doi:10.1128/mBio.01872-21

mBio (Oct 2021)

Mechanisms behind the Madness: How Do Zombie-Making Fungal Entomopathogens Affect Host Behavior To Increase Transmission?

Charissa de Bekker,
William C. Beckerson,
Carolyn Elya

Affiliations

Charissa de Bekker: ORCiD; Department of Biology, College of Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA
William C. Beckerson: ORCiD; Department of Biology, College of Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA
Carolyn Elya: ORCiD; Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01872-21
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 5

Abstract

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Transmission is a crucial step in all pathogen life cycles. As such, certain species have evolved complex traits that increase their chances to find and invade new hosts.

Published in mBio

ISSN: 2161-2129 (Print); 2150-7511 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/mbio

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