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Galleria mellonella as model host for the trans-kingdom pathogen Fusarium oxysporum.
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B - 1 Dec 2011
Navarro-Velasco Gesabel Y, Prados-Rosales Rafael C, Ortíz-Urquiza Almudena, Quesada-Moraga Enrique, Di Pietro Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Fusarium oxysporum, the causal agent of vascular wilt disease, affects a wide range of plant species and can produce disseminated infections in humans. F. oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici isolate FGSC 9935 causes disease both on tomato plants and immunodepressed mice, making it an ideal model for the comparative analysis of fungal virulence on plant and animal hosts. Here we tested the ability of FGSC 9935 to cause...
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