DIDYMOCYRTIS PERTUSARIAE: A NEW SPECIES FROM CENTRAL HIMALAYA, INDIA AND A WORLDWIDE KEY TO ALL RECOGNIZED DIDYMOCYRTIS (PHAEOSPHAERIACEAE; PLEOSPORALES) SPECIES

Didymocyrtis pertusariae: A new species from Central Himalaya, India and a worldwide key to all recognized Didymocyrtis (Phaeosphaeriaceae; Pleosporales) species

From the alpine delta zeta jersey region of India, a hitherto undocumented lichenicolous species of Didymocyrtis colonizing the thallus and soredia of Pertusaria species thriving on rocky substrates is meticulously described as a novel taxon (D.pertusariae), from the Indian subcontinent, and is compared with other lichenicolous Didymocyrtis species

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Critical View on the Importance of Host Defense Strategies on Virus Distribution of Bee Viruses: What Can We Learn from SARS-CoV-2 Variants?

Bees, both wild and domesticated ones, are hosts to a plethora of viruses, with most of them infecting a wide range of bee species and genera.Although viral discovery and research on bee viruses date back over 50 years, the last decade is marked by a surge of new studies, new virus discoveries, and reports on viral transmission in and between bee s

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