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Viruses accumulate in aging infection centers of a fungal forest pathogen.
The ISME journal - 1 Feb 2015
Vainio Eeva J, Müller Michael M, Korhonen Kari, Piri Tuula, Hantula Jarkko
Abstract excerpt
Fungal viruses (mycoviruses) with RNA genomes are believed to lack extracellular infective particles. These viruses are transmitted laterally among fungal strains through mycelial anastomoses or vertically via their infected spores, but little is known regarding their prevalence and patterns of dispersal under natural conditions. Here, we examined, in detail, the spatial and temporal changes in a mycovirus...
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