Biology:Metarhizium majus
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Short description: Species of fungus
Metarhizium majus | |
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Remains of Oryctes rhinoceros adult infected with M. majus: Dipolog, Mindanao, Philippines (1977) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Hypocreales |
Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
Genus: | Metarhizium |
Species: | M. majus
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Binomial name | |
Metarhizium majus (J.R.Johnst.) J.F.Bisch., Rehner & Humber (2009)
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Synonyms | |
Metarhizium anisopliae var. majus |
Metarhizium majus[1] is the name given to a group of fungal isolates that are known to be virulent against Scarabaeidae, a family of beetles. Previously, this species has had variety status in Metarhizium anisopliae (var. majus) and its name is derived from characteristically very large spores (typically 2.5–4 µm x 10–14 µm long) for the genus Metarhizium. There has been considerable interest in developing isolates of this species into mycoinsecticides: especially against the coconut and oil palm beetle pest Oryctes in SE Asia, the Pacific region and Africa.
It is an anamorph, its telomorphic form is Cordyceps brittlebankisoides.[2]
Important isolates
- The epitype is isolate ARSEF 1914: derived from a dried US National Fungus Collection culture (BPI 878297)[1].
References
- ↑ Bischoff J.F., Rehner S.A. and Humber R.A. (2009). "A multilocus phylogeny of the Metarhizium anisopliae lineage". Mycologia 101 (4): 512–530. doi:10.3852/07-202. PMID 19623931. https://naldc-legacy.nal.usda.gov/naldc/download.xhtml?id=32523&content=PDF.
- ↑ Liu, Z. (2002). "Molecular evidence for teleomorph-anamorph connections in Cordyceps based on ITS-5.8S rDNA sequences". Mycological Research 106 (9): 1100–1108. doi:10.1017/S0953756202006378.
Wikidata ☰ Q3917223 entry
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