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This episode: Fungus-eating flies transfer viruses that help make fungi less harmful to plants! Download Episode (7.8 MB, 8.5 minutes) Show notes: Another example of viruses doing weird things in this fungus Journal Paper: Liu S, Xie J, Cheng J, Li B, Chen T, Fu Y, Li G, Wang M, Jin H, Wan H, Jiang D. 2016. Fungal DNA virus infects a mycophagous insect and utilizes it as a transmission vector. Proc Natl Acad Sci 113:12803–12808. Other interesting stories: Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening! Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, Google Play. Support the show at Patreon, or check out the show at Twitter or Facebook |