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. 2007 Jun 5;17(11):R408-10.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.04.001.

Endosymbiosis: the evil within

Raphael H Valdivia  1 , Joseph Heitman
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Endosymbiosis: the evil within

Raphael H Valdivia et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

A recent study has revealed a novel feature of the symbiosis between a bacterium and a fungal pathogen. In addition to producing a pathogenic toxin, the endosymbiont of the rice pathogen Rhizopus microsporus controls the ability of the fungus to form sporangia and spores.

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