An Uninfected and Infected Water Flea (IMAGE)

Indiana University

An Uninfected and Infected Water Flea

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An uninfected water flea (top right) and an infected water flea (lower left). IU researchers studied the effect of temperature on the infection of water fleas, or Daphnia, by the fungal pathogen Metschnikowia.

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Meghan Duffy, University of Michigan

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