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IN network- and knob-forming Hyphomycetes which are predacious on nematodes, it has long been considered that the structure known as the infection bulb is in some way instrumental in bringing about the death of the prey.
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SHEPHERD, A. Formation of the Infection Bulb in Arthrobotrys oligospora Fresenius. Nature 175, 475 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175475a0
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