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BacterioFiles 320 - Fortified Fungi Fight Fevers

Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:08:30
Publish Date: 2017-12-11 00:00:00
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This episode: Fungi modified to produce spider and scorpion toxins kill malaria-transmitting mosquitoes extra fast! Thanks to Brian Lovett for his contribution.

Download Episode (7.8 MB, 8.5 minutes) Show notes: Microbe of the episode: Microbispora parva News item Journal Paper: Bilgo E, Lovett B, Fang W, Bende N, King GF, Diabate A, Leger RJS. 2017. Improved efficacy of an arthropod toxin expressing fungus against insecticide-resistant malaria-vector mosquitoes. Sci Rep 7:3433.

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