Double-stranded RNA and isometric virus-like particles in the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae

Mycological Research

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1468-1472

  Bogo, M R ^a   Queiroz, M V ^b   Silva, D M ^b   Gimenez M P ^a   Azevedo, J L ^b   Schrank, A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001060396     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-7562(96)80079-7     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Al Aidroos, K. (1980). Demonstration of parasexual cycle in the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae. Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology 22, 309-314.
2. Alves, S. B. (1986). Controle Microbiano de Insetos. Editora Manole Ltda: São Paulo, Brazil.
3. Azevedo, J. L., Messias, C. L. & Silveira, W. D (1987). Genetics and breeding of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae: parasexuality and protoplast fusion. In Biotechnology of Plants and Microorganisms (ed. O. J. Crocomo, E. R. Sharp, D. A. Evans, J. E. Bravo, F. C. A. Tavares & E. P. Padock), pp. 305-318. Ohio State University Press: Columbus, U.S.A.
4. Benigni, R., Ignazzitto, G. & Volterra, L. (1977). Double-stranded ribonucleic acid in viruses of Penicillium citricum. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 34, 811-814.
5. Bruenn, J (1986). The killer system of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and other yeast. In Fungal Virology (ed. K W. Buck), pp. 85-108 CRC Press Inc: Boca Raton, U.S.A.
6. Buck, K W. (1980). Fungal virology: an overview. In Fungal Virology (ed. K W. Buck), pp. 1-84. CRC Press Inc: Boca Raton, U.S.A.
7. Buck, K W. & Ratti, G. (1977). Molecular weight of double-stranded RNA: A re-examination of Aspergillus foetidus virus RNA components. Journal of General Virology 37, 215-219.
8. Castellani, A. (1967). Maintenance and cultivation of common pathogenic fungal in sterile distilled water, for researches. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 70, 181-184.
9. Perron, P. (1978). Biological control of insect pests by entomopathogenic fungi. Annual Review of Entomology 23, 409-442.
10. Ferron, P (1981). Pest control by the fungi Beauveria and Metarhizium. In Microbial Control of Pests and Plant Diseases (ed. H. D. Burges), pp. 465-481 Academic Press: London, U.K.
11. Laemmli, U. K. (1970). Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the level of bacteriophage T4. Nature 227, 680-684.
12. Leal, S. C. M., Bertioli, D. J., Ball, B. V. & Butt, T. M. (1994). Presence of double-stranded RNAs and virus like particles in the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae. Biocontrol Science and Technology 4, 89-94.
13. Messias, C L & Azevedo, J. L. (1980). Parasexuality in the Deuteromycete Metarhizium anisopliae. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 75, 473-477.
14. Murphy, F. A., Fauquet, C. M., Bishop, D. H. L., Ghabrial, S A., Jarvis, A. W , Martelli, G. P., Mayo, M. A. & Summers, M. D (1995). Virus Taxonomy - Sixth Report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Archives of Virology, Supplement 10, Families Totiviridae and Partitiviridae, pp. 245-260.
15. Pontecorvo, G., Roper, J. A., Hemmons, L. M., MacDonald, K. D. & Bufton, A. W J. (1953). The genetics of Aspergillus nidulans. Advances in Genetics 5, 141-238.
16. Rosato, Y. B., Messias, C L. & Azevedo, J. L. (1981). Production of extracellular enzymes by isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 38, 1-3.
17. Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E. F. & Maniatis, T. (1989). Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd ed. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press: Cold Spring Harbor, U.S.A.
18. Schrank, A , Bogo, M. R , Oliveira, D. & Azevedo, J. L. (1992). Mycoviruses infecting isolates of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae. First European Conference on Fungal Genetics. University of Nottingham, Nottingham (Abstract), p. 32.
19. Silveira, W. D. & Azevedo, J L. (1987). Protoplast fusion and genetic recombination in Metarhizium anisopliae. Enzyme and Microbial Technology 9, 149-151.
20. St Leger, R. J., Butt, T., Goettel, M. S., Staples, R. C. & Roberts, D. W. (1989). Production in vitro of apressoria by the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae. Experimental Mycology 13, 274-288.
21. St Leger, R. J., Charnley, A K. & Cooper, R. M. (1987). Characterization of cuticle-degrading proteases produced by the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae. Archives in Biochemistry and Biophysics 253, 221-232.
22. St Leger, R. J., Cooper, R. M. & Chamley, A. K. (1987). Production of cuticle-degrading enzymes by the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae during infection of cuticles from Calliphora vomitaria and Manduca sexta. Journal of General Microbiology 133, 1371-1382.
23. Vágvolgyi, C., Varga, J. & Ferenczy, L. (1993). Detection of double-stranded RNA in Mucor ramannianus Fungal Genetics Newsletter 40, 79.