![]() In the PLOS ONE article, “ Long-Term Disease Dynamics for a Specialized Parasite of Ant Societies: A Field Study,” researchers explore the Ophiocordycep fungus and the ‘zombifiying’ threat it poses to its ant host. ![]() This is not the plot of a new horror movie, but potential last moments of an ant infected with a deadly pathogen. A small pressure in your head is the last thing you feel before you black out. Fungus parasitism goes on in many species, such as this Ophiocordycep fungus that is growing out of the back of an ant from a species not used in this study.
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