This episode: A virus partners with a parasitoid wasp to help exploit fruit fly victims!
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Microbe of the episode: Actinomadura livida
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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