Upon entering an insect s body, some " Zoophthora " species are able to lose their cell walls and exist as protoplasts; this phenomenon is common in many taxa in the Entomophthorales, and is believed to help the fungus evade its host s immune responses.
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After that, he published a number of articles on zoosporic fungi . [ 1, 2, 3 ] Additional publications included those on the Trichomycetes, Entomophthorales, " Rubetella inopinata " and " Carouxella scalaris ", with J . F . Manier and L . Rioux . [ 4 ] He published many articles on the biology of " Coelomomyces " . [ 5, 6, 7 ] From 1970, he did some research on members of the Oomycota, insect parasites in the Zygomycota and Ascomycota, and even delved for a bit into the Basidiomycota with G . A . Escobar, D . E . McCabe and C . W . Harpel . [ 1, 8, 9]