Habitat Association in Two Genetic Groups of the Insect-Pathogenic Fungus Metarhizium anisopliae: Uncovering Cryptic Species?

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1335-1342

  Bidochka, Michael J ^a,b   Kamp, Andrena M ^a   Lavender, T Michael ^a   Dekoning, Jason ^a   De Croos, J N Amritha ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GRYLLIDAE; INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TENEBRIO; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GRYLLIDAE; INSECTS; MANDUCA; ONTARIO; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TENEBRIO; TREES;

EID: 0035289759     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.3.1335-1342.2001     Document Type: Article

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