A downy killer wages chemical warfare
With deadly chemical strikes, a fungus takes out insects in powdery burst
![One of Beauveria bassiana's (a fungus) vicitims](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/notebook_alive_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
DEADLY FUZZ A caterpillar succombs to one of Beauveria bassiana's lethal chemical cocktails. The fungus deploys deadly combinations of enzymes to assist in the consumption of its favorite meal: bugs.
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