Fungal outgrowth in ants (IMAGE)

Institute of Science and Technology Austria

Fungal outgrowth in ants

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The insects get sick when enough fungal spores infect them internally. Metarhizium is dependent on killing its host, so it can then grow out new spores that spread from the carcass.

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Matthias Konrad/ISTA

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