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- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis abstract "Ophiocordyceps unilateralis is an entomopathogen, or insect-pathogenising fungus, discovered by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in 1859, and currently found predominantly in tropical forest ecosystems. O. unilateralis, also referred to as a zombie fungus, infects ants of the Camponotini tribe, with the full pathogenesis being characterized by alteration of the behavioral patterns of the infected ant. Infected hosts leave their canopy nests and foraging trails for the forest floor, an area with a temperature and humidity suitable for fungal growth; they then use their mandibles to affix themselves to a major vein on the underside of a leaf, where the host remains until its eventual death. The process leading to mortality takes 4–10 days, and includes a reproductive stage where fruiting bodies grow from the ant's head, rupturing to release the fungus's spores. O. unilateralis is in turn also susceptible to fungal infection itself, an occurrence which can limit its impact on ant populations, which has otherwise been known to devastate ant colonies.O. unilateralis and related species are known to engage in an active secondary metabolism, among other reasons, for the production of substances active as antibacterial agents that protect the fungus-host ecosystem against further pathogenesis during fungal reproduction. Because of this secondary metabolism, an interest in the species has been taken by natural products chemists, with corresponding discovery of small molecule agents (e.g. of the polyketide family) of potential interest for use as human immunomodulatory, antiinfective, and anticancer agents.".
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis binomialAuthority Edmond_Tulasne.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis class Sordariomycetes.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis division Ascomycota.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis family Ophiocordycipitaceae.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis genus Ophiocordyceps.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis kingdom Fungus.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis order Hypocreales.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis synonym "Cordyceps unilateralis (Tul.)Sacc.(1883)".
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis synonym "Torrubia unilateralis (Tul. (1865)".
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis thumbnail Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis.png?width=300.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageExternalLink 268505.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageExternalLink cordyceps.us.
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- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageRevisionID "706712360".
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Alfred_Russel_Wallace.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Antimalarial_medication.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Ascocarp.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Ascomycota.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Camponotini.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Carpenter_ant.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fungi_described_in_1865.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fungi_of_Africa.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fungi_of_Asia.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fungi_of_South_America.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Mind-altering_parasites.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ophiocordycipitaceae.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Parasitic_fungi.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Circulatory_system.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Convulsion.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Ecosystem.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Edmond_Tulasne.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Entomopathogenic_fungus.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Fungus.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Hyperparasite.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Hypha.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Hypocreales.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink In_vitro.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Mandible_(insect_mouthpart).
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Messel_pit.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Mike_Carey_(writer).
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Mycelium.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Naphthoquinone.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Natural_product.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Ophiocordyceps.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Ophiocordycipitaceae.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Pier_Andrea_Saccardo.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Polyketide.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Secondary_metabolism.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Sensu.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Ship_of_Theseus_(film).
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Sideshow_Bob.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Sordariomycetes.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Splinter_(2008_film).
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Sporangium.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Sporocarp_(fungi).
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Thailand.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink The_Extended_Phenotype.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink The_Girl_with_All_the_Gifts.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink The_Last_of_Us.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink The_Man_Who_Grew_Too_Much.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink The_Simpsons.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Tom_Petch.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink Tropical_and_subtropical_moist_broadleaf_forests.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLink UniProt.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLinkText "Ophiocordyceps unilateralis".
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis wikiPageWikiLinkText "zombie fungus".
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis binomial "Ophiocordyceps unilateralis".
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis binomialAuthority "Petch".
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis classis Sordariomycetes.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis divisio Ascomycota.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis familia Ophiocordycipitaceae.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis genus "Ophiocordyceps".
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis imageCaption "Dead ants infected with Ophiocordyceps unilateralis".
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis imageWidth "240".
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis ordo Hypocreales.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis regnum Fungus.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis species "O. unilateralis".
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis synonyms "Cordyceps unilateralis ( Sacc. )".
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis synonyms "Torrubia unilateralis (Tul. )".
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- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis subject Category:Fungi_described_in_1865.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis subject Category:Fungi_of_Africa.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis subject Category:Fungi_of_Asia.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis subject Category:Fungi_of_South_America.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis subject Category:Mind-altering_parasites.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis subject Category:Ophiocordycipitaceae.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis subject Category:Parasitic_fungi.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis type Eukaryote.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis type Fungus.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis type Species.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis type Hypocreale.
- Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis type Sordariomycete.