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PaulGM
@paulgmock.bsky.social
Msc Marine Microbiology @ MPI Bremen.
Love the ocean, molecular biology, microbial ecology and natural history, also an avid ant fan :) 🏔️🦕🦠🌿🌊🐜🦣
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I swear I am not making this up.
The relationships between fungi and bugs are so weird and macabre.
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Key processes required for the different stages of fungal carnivory by a nematode-trapping fungus
Nutritional deprivation triggers a switch from saprotrophic to predatory lifestyle in soil-dwelling nematode-trapping fungi. This transcriptomic study reveals increased DNA replication, translation, a...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM