Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, commonly known as zombie-ant fungus, is an insect-pathogenic fungus, discovered by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace...

with Ophiocordyceps species are Hirsutella, Hymenostilbe, Isaria, Paraisaria, and Syngliocladium. One species complex, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, is...

fragments and are presumably infective. With the example of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, the life cycle after the death of the host involves three stages:...

intricate behavior is exhibited by ants infected with the fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis: irregularly-timed body convulsions cause the ant to drop to...

infected by a variant of the fungus native to South America called Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, which led to the Breakdown - the end of civilization as it was...

Camponotus balzani. This species was formerly thought to be Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, which has subsequently been divided into four species. O. camponoti-balzani...

to the asteroid belt. The series was inspired by the fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, a fungus species known for infecting and altering the behavior...

valued as a herbal remedy and in traditional Chinese medicine. Ophiocordyceps unilateralis infects ants of the tribe Camponotini, with the full pathogenesis...

David P. (2011). "Hidden Diversity Behind the Zombie-Ant Fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis: Four New Species Described from Carpenter Ants in Minas Gerais...

C.; Elliot, Simon L.; Hughes, David P. (1 September 2011). "Ophiocordyceps unilateralis: A keystone species for unraveling ecosystem functioning and...