Characterization and comparison of Metarhizium strains isolated from Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 355, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 108-115

  Cito, Annarita ^a   Mazza, Giuseppe ^a   Strangi, Agostino ^a   Benvenuti, Claudia ^a   Barzanti, Gian P ^a   Dreassi, Elena ^b   Turchetti, Tullio ^c   Francardi, Valeria ^a   Roversi, Pio F ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Destruxin; Metarhizium anisopliae; Metarhizium pingshaense; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

DESMETHYLDESTRUXIN A; DESTRUXIN; DESTRUXIN A; DESTRUXIN B; DESTRUXIN DERIVATIVE; DESTRUXIN E; MYCOTOXIN; PROTEINASE; SUBTILISIN; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; DEPSIPEPTIDE; FUNGAL DNA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM BRUNNEUM; METARHIZIUM PINGSHAENSE; METARHIZIUM ROBERTSII; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGINEUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WEEVIL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIET NAM;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGINEUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; DEPSIPEPTIDES; DNA, FUNGAL; ITALY; MALE; METARHIZIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MYCOTOXINS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; VIETNAM; WEEVILS;

EID: 84902545554     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12470     Document Type: Article

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