Dead beetle infected with pathogenic fungus (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Dead beetle infected with pathogenic fungus

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While collecting gallery samples in the field, Rita de Cassia Pessotti found a bessbug beetle that appeared to have died of a fungal infection. Pessotti brought the dead beetle back to the lab, and use samples of the fungus to test how well actinomycete bacteria can protect frass against infection.

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UC Berkeley photo by Rita de Cassia Pessotti

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