Metarhizium acridum
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Metarhizium acridum[1] is the new name given to a group of fungal isolates that are known to be virulent and specific to the Acrididea (grasshoppers). Previously, this species has had variety status in Metarhizium anisopliae (var. acridum[2]); before that, reference had been made to M. flavoviride or Metarhizium sp.[3] describing an "apparently homologous and distinctive group" of isolates that were most virulent against Schistocerca gregaria (desert locust) in early screening bioassays.
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Metarhizium acridum | |
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Red locust with sporulating standard isolate of M. acridum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Hypocreales |
Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
Genus: | Metarhizium |
Species: | M. acridum |
Binomial name | |
Metarhizium acridum (Driver & Milner) J.F. Bisch., Rehner & Humber (2009) | |
Synonyms | |
Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum Driver & Milner |
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