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Engineered Metarhizium fungi produce longifolene to attract and kill mosquitoes

Dan Tang, Jiani Chen, Yubo Zhang, Xingyuan Tang, Xinmiao Wang, Chaonan Yu, Xianxian Cheng, Junwei Zhang, Wenqi Shi, Qing Zhen, Shuxing Liu, Yizhou Huang, Jiali Ning, Guoding Zhu, Meichun Zhang, Juping Hu, Etienne Bilgo, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Sheng‐Hua Ying, Jun Cao, Raymond J. St. Leger, Jianhua Huang, Weiguo Fang

2025Nature Microbiology17 citationsDOI

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MetarhiziumBiologyEntomopathogenic fungiMetarhizium anisopliaeSporeBiological dispersalAttractionBiopesticideBotanyBacillus thuringiensisPhaseolusInsectPathogenEntomopathogenic fungusAnophelesFungal pathogenBiological pest controlVirulenceHypocrealesHost (biology)MicrobiologyFungusMosquito controlEntomophthoralesPEST analysisPest controlAnopheles stephensiDrosophila melanogasterCulexEntomologyMyceliumAedesAzadirachtaEntomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest ControlInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorInsect symbiosis and bacterial influences
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