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Metarhizium majus

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Metarhizium majus
Remains of Oryctes rhinoceros adult infected with M. majus: Dipolog, Mindanao, Philippines (1977)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Clavicipitaceae
Genus: Metarhizium
Species:
M. majus
Binomial name
Metarhizium majus
(J.R.Johnst.) J.F.Bisch., Rehner & Humber (2009)
Synonyms

Metarhizium anisopliae var. majus

Metarhizium majus[1] is the name given to a group of fungal isolates that are known to be virulent against Scarabaeidae, a family of beetles. Previously, this species has had variety status in Metarhizium anisopliae (var. majus) and its name is derived from characteristically very large spores (typically 2.5–4 μm x 10–14 μm long) for the genus Metarhizium. There has been considerable interest in developing isolates of this species into mycoinsecticides: especially against the coconut and oil palm beetle pest Oryctes in SE Asia, the Pacific region and Africa.

It is an anamorph, a suggested teleomorph was Cordyceps brittlebankisoides.[2]

Important isolates

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References

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  1. ^ Bischoff J.F., Rehner S.A. and Humber R.A. (2009). "A multilocus phylogeny of the Metarhizium anisopliae lineage". Mycologia. 101 (4): 512–530. doi:10.3852/07-202. PMID 19623931.
  2. ^ Liu, Z.; et al. (2002). "Molecular evidence for teleomorph-anamorph connections in Cordyceps based on ITS-5.8S rDNA sequences". Mycological Research. 106 (9): 1100–1108. doi:10.1017/S0953756202006378.