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Metarhizium anisopliae fungus, micrograph
Metarhizium anisopliae fungus. Light micrograph of the parasitic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae growing on the surface of a young sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) root. The fungus has been engineered to produce a fluorescent green protein (from a jellyfish) so that scientists can see how it interacts with other micro-organisms sharing the soil. It is being investigated as a possible natural method to help control the sugar beet root maggot, the larva of the Tetanops myopaeformis fly.
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