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A carnivorous mushroom paralyzes and kills nematodes via a volatile ketone

The carnivorous mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus uses an unknown toxin to rapidly paralyze and kill nematode prey upon contact. We report that small lollipop-shaped structures (toxocysts) on fungal hyphae are nematicidal and that a volatile ketone, 3-octanone, is detected in these fragile toxocysts. Tre...

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Autores principales: Lee, Ching-Han, Lee, Yi-Yun, Chang, Yu-Chu, Pon, Wen-Li, Lee, Sue-Ping, Wali, Niaz, Nakazawa, Takehito, Honda, Yoichi, Shie, Jiun-Jie, Hsueh, Yen-Ping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9848476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36652525
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ade4809