Genetic groups of the insect-pathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana are associated with habitat and thermal growth preferences

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 531-537

  Bidochka, Michael J ^a   Menzies, Fiona V ^a   Kamp, Andrena M ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold activity; Entomopathogenic fungi; Habitat; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CANADA; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEUTEROMYCETES; FOREST; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOST; INSECT; INSECT GENETICS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; BEAUVERIA; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HYPOCREALES; INSECTS; PHYLOGENY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0036428746     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-002-0490-7     Document Type: Article

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