The infection cycle of E. muscae is both efficient and deadly. The fungus begins by releasing spores, or conidia, into the environment, where they latch onto unsuspecting houseflies. Once a fly is ...

Carolyn Elya, a molecular biologist at Harvard, along with her coworkers, demonstrated that the fungus Entomophthora muscae may secrete substances into the hemolymph of fruit flies, allowing it to ...