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SUBMITTER: de Groot MD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7770572 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
de Groot Michiel D MD Dumolein Iris I Hiller Thomas T Sándor Attila D AD Szentiványi Tamara T Schilthuizen Menno M Aime M Catherine MC Verbeken Annemieke A Haelewaters Danny D
Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) 20201212 4
Parasitism is one of the most diverse and abundant modes of life, and of great ecological and evolutionary importance. Notwithstanding, large groups of parasites remain relatively understudied. One particularly unique form of parasitism is hyperparasitism, where a parasite is parasitized itself. Bats (Chiroptera) may be parasitized by bat flies (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea), obligate blood-sucking parasites, which in turn may be parasitized by hyperparasitic fungi, Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota: Laboul ...[more]