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t has been shown that infectious prions bind tightly to soil and remain infectious for years in this material, suggesting that environmental contamination of soil may play a role in TSE spreading (Johnson et al., 2006; Seidel et al., 2007; Johnson et al., 2007).
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Overall, our findings show that grass plants efficiently interact with prions, suggesting that they may play an important role in natural prion transmission, particularly in wild animals.