Effects of insect cuticular fatty acids on in vitro growth and pathogenicity of the entomopathogenic fungus Conidiobolus coronatus

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 400-408

  Boguś, Mieczysława I ^a   Czygier, Maria ^a   Gołbiowski, Marek ^b   Kdra, Elzbieta ^a   Kucińska, Jolanta ^c   Mazgajska, Joanna ^a   Samborski, Jarosław ^a   Wieloch, Wioletta ^a   Włóka, Emilia ^a  

^a W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Conidiobolus coronatus; Conidium; Fatty acids; Fungal infection; Galleria mellonella; Mycotoxins; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONIDIOBOLUS; CONIDIOBOLUS CORONATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INSECT; METABOLITE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; TOXICITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CONIDIOBOLUS; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MOTHS; MYCELIUM; SPORES, FUNGAL; VIRULENCE;

CONIDIOBOLUS CORONATUS; FUNGI; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77953024682     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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