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Entomophthora
Sign in to saveEntomophthora is a fungal genus in the family Entomophthoraceae. Species in this genus are parasitic on flies and other two-winged insects. The genus was circumscribed by German physician Johann Baptist Georg Wolfgang Fresenius (1808–1866) in 1856.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumEntomophthoromycota
- ClassEntomophthoromycetes
- OrderEntomophthorales
- FamilyEntomophthoraceae
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Research
235 papers- Entomophthora muscae.Trends in parasitology · 2024
- The genus Entomophthora: bringing the insect destroyers into the twenty-first century.IMA fungus · 2021
- Mitovirus and Mitochondrial Coding Sequences from Basal Fungus Entomophthora muscae.Viruses · 2019
- Rearing zombie flies: Laboratory culturing of the behaviourally manipulating fungal pathogen Entomophthora muscae.MethodsX · 2024
- Genetic variation for resistance to the specific fly pathogen Entomophthora muscae.Scientific reports · 2020
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- Entomophthoraceae
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Physical characteristics
- Description
- Life cycle
- Reproduction
- Transmission
- Insect immunity
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Former species
- References
Entomophthora is a fungal genus in the family Entomophthoraceae. Species in this genus are parasitic on flies and other two-winged insects. The genus was circumscribed by German physician Johann Baptist Georg Wolfgang Fresenius (1808–1866) in 1856.
This fungus is parasitic and undergoes a number of stages within its life cycle, these include: infection, incubation, sporulation and mummification. Within each stage, this pathogen invades the host's body cells, utilising the insect's nutrients allowing it to take control over the brain just before the host's death.