Fungal viruses cross the barriers between distantly related fungal species
Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 07:21
in Biology & Nature
According to research conducted at the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), some fungal viruses (mycoviruses) that infect fungi associated with forest trees are able to cross the barriers between distantly related fungal species. This overturns the former theory that mycoviruses are host specific, and will create new perspectives on their possible roles in regulating forest biodiversity.