mycovirus

American

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

noun

PLURAL

mycoviruses

any fungus-infecting virus.

Etymology

Origin of mycovirus

myco- + virus

Example Sentences

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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.

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