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mycovirus

American

[mahy-koh-vahy-ruhs] / ˈmaɪ koʊˌvaɪ rəs /

noun

any fungus-infecting virus.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

mycoviruses

plural

Etymology

Origin of mycovirus

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Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have discovered that a mycovirus that infects plant pathogenic oomycete Globisporangium ultimum can increase the latter's sensitivity to specific fungicides.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2024

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