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490: Parasitoid Pox Partners
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English - March 11, 2024 05:00 - 11 minutes - 7.67 MB - ★★★★ - 20 ratingsLife Sciences Science Natural Sciences archaea bacteria bacteriofiles biology eukaryotes microbes microbiology science viruses Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This episode: A virus partners with a parasitoid wasp to help exploit fruit fly victims!
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Show notes:
Microbe of the episode: Actinomadura livida
Most of these parasitoid helper viruses are integrated into the host wasp genome and are translated and produced as needed, but in this study, an independently replicating entomopoxvirus serves as an example of a virus-wasp mutualism. The study explores how the virus can infect the wasp prey, and how it gets passed on to wasp offspring.
Journal Paper:
Coffman KA, Hankinson QM, Burke GR. 2022. A viral mutualist employs posthatch transmission for vertical and horizontal spread among parasitoid wasps. Proc Natl Acad Sci 119:e2120048119.
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