Pop Goes the Water Bear:
I've written a post about Sorochytrium milnesiophthora - a chytrid fungus that infects tardigrades, and how their water bear-slaying might actually be helping other microscopic animals that live on the surface of lichens. 🧪
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Tardigrades (also known as "water bears") have built up a reputation for being pretty much invulnerable  (even though Bdelloid rotifers does...
