Un nuevo mitovirus asociado con el fungo entomopatógeno Zoophthora radicans

Meaghan J Adler1, McKayla M Martin1, Paula Rozo-Lopez1

  • 1Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America.

PloS one
|September 5, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

La metatranscriptómica reveló un nuevo mitovirus en los pulgones de guisante (Acyrthosiphon pisum). Este virus de insecto está asociado con el hongo entomopatógeno Zoophthora radicans, expandiendo nuestra comprensión de las comunidades microbianas de áfidos.

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