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Wang ZQ, Ma JM, Yang ZL, Zhao J, Yu ZY, Li JH, Yu H. Morphological and Phylogenetic Analyses Reveal Three New Species of Entomopathogenic Fungi Belonging to Clavicipitaceae (Hypocreales, Ascomycota). J Fungi (Basel) 2024; 10:423. [PMID: 38921409 PMCID: PMC11204714 DOI: 10.3390/jof10060423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 06/11/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
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This study aims to report three new species of Conoideocrella and Moelleriella from Yunnan Province, Southwestern China. Species of Conoideocrella and Moelleriella parasitize scale insects (Coccidae and Lecaniidae, Hemiptera) and whiteflies (Aleyrodidae, Hemiptera). Based on the phylogenetic analyses of the three-gene nrLSU, tef-1α, and rpb1, it showed one new record species (Conoideocrella tenuis) and one new species (Conoideocrella fenshuilingensis sp. nov.) in the genus Conoideocrella, and two new species, i.e., Moelleriella longzhuensis sp. nov. and Moelleriella jinuoana sp. nov. in the genus Moelleriella. The three new species were each clustered into separate clades that distinguished themselves from one another. All of them were distinguishable from their allied species based on their morphology. Morphological descriptions, illustrations, and comparisons of the allied taxa of the four species are provided in the present paper. In addition, calculations of intraspecific and interspecific genetic distances were performed for Moelleriella and Conoideocrella.
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- Zhi-Qin Wang
- Yunnan Herbal Laboratory, College of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 661500, China; (Z.-Q.W.); (J.-M.M.); (Z.-L.Y.); (J.Z.)
- The International Joint Research Center for Sustainable Utilization of Cordyceps Bioresources in China and Southeast Asia, Yunnan University, Kunming 661500, China
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- Yunnan Herbal Laboratory, College of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 661500, China; (Z.-Q.W.); (J.-M.M.); (Z.-L.Y.); (J.Z.)
- The International Joint Research Center for Sustainable Utilization of Cordyceps Bioresources in China and Southeast Asia, Yunnan University, Kunming 661500, China
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- Yunnan Herbal Laboratory, College of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 661500, China; (Z.-Q.W.); (J.-M.M.); (Z.-L.Y.); (J.Z.)
- The International Joint Research Center for Sustainable Utilization of Cordyceps Bioresources in China and Southeast Asia, Yunnan University, Kunming 661500, China
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- Yunnan Herbal Laboratory, College of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 661500, China; (Z.-Q.W.); (J.-M.M.); (Z.-L.Y.); (J.Z.)
- The International Joint Research Center for Sustainable Utilization of Cordyceps Bioresources in China and Southeast Asia, Yunnan University, Kunming 661500, China
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- Yunnan Jinping Fenshuiling National Nature Reserve, Honghe 661500, China; (Z.-Y.Y.); (J.-H.L.)
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- Yunnan Jinping Fenshuiling National Nature Reserve, Honghe 661500, China; (Z.-Y.Y.); (J.-H.L.)
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- Yunnan Herbal Laboratory, College of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 661500, China; (Z.-Q.W.); (J.-M.M.); (Z.-L.Y.); (J.Z.)
- The International Joint Research Center for Sustainable Utilization of Cordyceps Bioresources in China and Southeast Asia, Yunnan University, Kunming 661500, China
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Dias LP, Souza RKF, Pupin B, Rangel DEN. Conidiation under illumination enhances conidial tolerance of insect-pathogenic fungi to environmental stresses. Fungal Biol 2021; 125:891-904. [PMID: 34649676 DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2021.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Light is an important signal for fungi in the environment and induces many genes with roles in stress and virulence responses. Conidia of the entomopathogenic fungi Aschersonia aleyrodis, Beauveria bassiana, Cordyceps fumosorosea, Lecanicillium aphanocladii, Metarhizium anisopliae, Metarhizium brunneum, Metarhizium robertsii, Simplicillium lanosoniveum, Tolypocladium cylindrosporum, and Tolypocladium inflatum were produced on potato dextrose agar (PDA) medium under continuous white light, on PDA medium in the dark, or under nutritional stress (= Czapek medium without sucrose = MM) in the dark. The conidial tolerance of these species produced under these different conditions were evaluated in relation to heat stress, oxidative stress (menadione), osmotic stress (KCl), UV radiation, and genotoxic stress caused by 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide (4-NQO). Several fungal species demonstrated greater stress tolerance when conidia were produced under white light than in the dark; for instance white light induced higher tolerance of A. aleyrodis to KCl and 4-NQO; B. bassiana to KCl and 4-NQO; C. fumosorosea to UV radiation; M. anisopliae to heat and menadione; M. brunneum to menadione, KCl, UV radiation, and 4-NQO; M. robertsii to heat, menadione, KCl, and UV radiation; and T. cylindrosporum to menadione and KCl. However, conidia of L. aphanocladii, S. lanosoniveum, and T. inflatum produced under white light exhibited similar tolerance as conidia produced in the dark. When conidia were produced on MM, a much stronger stress tolerance was found for B. bassiana to menadione, KCl, UV radiation, and 4-NQO; C. fumosorosea to KCl and 4-NQO; Metarhizium species to heat, menadione, KCl, and UV radiation; T. cylindrosporum to menadione and UV radiation; and T. inflatum to heat and UV radiation. Again, conidia of L. aphanocladii and S. lanosoniveum produced on MM had similar tolerance to conidia produced on PDA medium in the dark. Therefore, white light is an important factor that induces higher stress tolerance in some insect-pathogenic fungi, but growth in nutritional stress always provides in conidia with stronger stress tolerance than conidia produced under white light.
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- Luciana P Dias
- Escola de Engenharia de Lorena da Universidade de São Paulo (EEL/USP), Lorena, SP, 12602-810, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciência do Sistema Terrestre, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais - INPE, São José dos Campos, SP, 12227-010, Brazil
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Calado MDL, Silva J, Alves C, Susano P, Santos D, Alves J, Martins A, Gaspar H, Pedrosa R, Campos MJ. Marine endophytic fungi associated with Halopteris scoparia (Linnaeus) Sauvageau as producers of bioactive secondary metabolites with potential dermocosmetic application. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0250954. [PMID: 33983974 PMCID: PMC8118457 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Marine fungi and, particularly, endophytic species have been recognised as one of the most prolific sources of structurally new and diverse bioactive secondary metabolites with multiple biotechnological applications. Despite the increasing number of bioprospecting studies, very few have already evaluated the cosmeceutical potential of marine fungal compounds. Thus, this study focused on a frequent seaweed in the Portuguese coast, Halopteris scoparia, to identify the endophytic marine fungi associated with this host, and assess their ability to biosynthesise secondary metabolites with antioxidative, enzymatic inhibitory (hyaluronidase, collagenase, elastase and tyrosinase), anti-inflammatory, photoprotective, and antimicrobial (Cutibacterium acnes, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Malassezia furfur) activities. The results revealed eight fungal taxa included in the Ascomycota, and in the most representative taxonomic classes in marine ecosystems (Eurotiomycetes, Sordariomycetes and Dothideomycetes). These fungi were reported for the first time in Portugal and in association with H. scoparia, as far as it is known. The screening analyses showed that most of these endophytic fungi were producers of compounds with relevant biological activities, though those biosynthesised by Penicillium sect. Exilicaulis and Aspergillus chevalieri proved to be the most promising ones for being further exploited by dermocosmetic industry. The chemical analysis of the crude extract from an isolate of A. chevalieri revealed the presence of two bioactive compounds, echinulin and neoechinulin A, which might explain the high antioxidant and UV photoprotective capacities exhibited by the extract. These noteworthy results emphasised the importance of screening the secondary metabolites produced by these marine endophytic fungal strains for other potential bioactivities, and the relevance of investing more efforts in understanding the ecology of halo/osmotolerant fungi.
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- Maria da Luz Calado
- MARE–Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Polytechnic of Leiria, Peniche, Portugal
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- MARE–Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Polytechnic of Leiria, Peniche, Portugal
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- MARE–Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Polytechnic of Leiria, Peniche, Portugal
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- MARE–Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Polytechnic of Leiria, Peniche, Portugal
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- MARE–Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Polytechnic of Leiria, Peniche, Portugal
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- MARE–Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Polytechnic of Leiria, Peniche, Portugal
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- MARE–Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Polytechnic of Leiria, Peniche, Portugal
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- MARE–Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Polytechnic of Leiria, Peniche, Portugal
- MARE–Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ESTM, Polytechnic of Leiria, Peniche, Portugal
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- BioISI–Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- BioISI–Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Mussagy CU, Winterburn J, Santos-Ebinuma VC, Pereira JFB. Production and extraction of carotenoids produced by microorganisms. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 103:1095-1114. [PMID: 30560452 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9557-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Carotenoids are a group of isoprenoid pigments naturally synthesized by plants and microorganisms, which are applied industrially in food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical product formulations. In addition to their use as coloring agents, carotenoids have been proposed as health additives, being able to prevent cancer, macular degradation, and cataracts. Moreover, carotenoids may also protect cells against oxidative damage, acting as an antioxidant agent. Considering the interest in greener and sustainable industrial processing, the search for natural carotenoids has increased over the last few decades. In particular, it has been suggested that the use of bioprocessing technologies can improve carotenoid production yields or, as a minimum, increase the efficiency of currently used production processes. Thus, this review provides a short but comprehensive overview of the recent biotechnological developments in carotenoid production using microorganisms. The hot topics in the field are properly addressed, from carotenoid biosynthesis to the current technologies involved in their extraction, and even highlighting the recent advances in the marketing and application of "microbial" carotenoids. It is expected that this review will improve the knowledge and understanding of the most appropriate and economic strategies for a biotechnological production of carotenoids.
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- Cassamo Ussemane Mussagy
- Department of Bioprocesses and Biotechnology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rodovia Araraquara-Jaú/Km 01, Campos Ville, Araraquara, SP, 14800-903, Brazil
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Bioprocesses and Biotechnology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rodovia Araraquara-Jaú/Km 01, Campos Ville, Araraquara, SP, 14800-903, Brazil.
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- Department of Bioprocesses and Biotechnology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rodovia Araraquara-Jaú/Km 01, Campos Ville, Araraquara, SP, 14800-903, Brazil
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Dias LP, Araújo CA, Pupin B, Ferreira PC, Braga GÚ, Rangel DE. The Xenon Test Chamber Q-SUN® for testing realistic tolerances of fungi exposed to simulated full spectrum solar radiation. Fungal Biol 2018; 122:592-601. [DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2018.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Revised: 01/14/2018] [Accepted: 01/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Oliveira MTD, Monteiro AC, Scala Júnior NL, Barbosa JC, Mochi DA. Sensibilidade de isolados de fungos entomopatogênicos às radiações solar, ultravioleta e à temperatura. ARQUIVOS DO INSTITUTO BIOLÓGICO 2016. [DOI: 10.1590/1808-1657000042014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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RESUMO: Este trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar a sensibilidade de isolados dos fungos Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorok. e Beauveria bassiana (Bals). Vuill. ao efeito das radiações solar e ultravioleta e da temperatura. Conídios dos isolados foram expostos, por vários períodos, aos raios de um simulador solar em diversas irradiâncias e a uma lâmpada de raios ultravioleta germicida. Os conídios do isolado de M. anisopliae foram também expostos às temperaturas de 19,5; 24,2 e 31,0ºC, e os do isolado de B. bassiana a 19,4; 20,8 e 28,3ºC, e 18,7; 23,8 e 30,9ºC. Avaliou-se a germinação de conídios pelo teste de viabilidade. Os isolados dos fungos se mostraram bastantes sensíveis aos raios do simulador solar e aos raios ultravioleta. A germinação de ambos sofreu significativa redução a partir de 30 minutos de exposição à radiação do simulador solar. O efeito mais severo foi evidenciado pelo isolado de B. bassiana, com grande redução da germinação dos conídios em todas as irradiâncias testadas. A sensibilidade à radiação ultravioleta também foi grande, pois ocorreu acentuada redução da germinação dos conídios do isolado de M. anisopliae (38,2%) e de B. bassiana (65%) já aos 30 segundos de exposição. A temperatura afetou a viabilidade de ambos os fungos. Temperaturas entre 23,8 e 31ºC favoreceram a germinação dos conídios, enquanto temperaturas próximas de 20ºC dificultaram a germinação.
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Azevedo RF, Souza RK, Braga GU, Rangel DE. Responsiveness of entomopathogenic fungi to menadione-induced oxidative stress. Fungal Biol 2014; 118:990-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2014.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2014] [Revised: 08/29/2014] [Accepted: 09/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Avalos J, Carmen Limón M. Biological roles of fungal carotenoids. Curr Genet 2014; 61:309-24. [PMID: 25284291 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-014-0454-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2014] [Revised: 09/12/2014] [Accepted: 09/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Carotenoids are terpenoid pigments widespread in nature, produced by bacteria, fungi, algae and plants. They are also found in animals, which usually obtain them through the diet. Carotenoids in plants provide striking yellow, orange or red colors to fruits and flowers, and play important metabolic and physiological functions, especially relevant in photosynthesis. Their functions are less clear in non-photosynthetic microorganisms. Different fungi produce diverse carotenoids, but the mutants unable to produce them do not exhibit phenotypic alterations in the laboratory, apart of lack of pigmentation. This review summarizes the current knowledge on the functional basis for carotenoid production in fungi. Different lines of evidence support a protective role of carotenoids against oxidative stress and exposure to visible light or UV irradiation. In addition, the carotenoids are intermediary products in the biosynthesis of physiologically active apocarotenoids or derived compounds. This is the case of retinal, obtained from the symmetrical oxidative cleavage of β-carotene. Retinal is the light-absorbing prosthetic group of the rhodopsins, membrane-bound photoreceptors present also in many fungal species. In Mucorales, β-carotene is an intermediary in the synthesis of trisporoids, apocarotenoid derivatives that include the sexual hormones the trisporic acids, and they are also presumably used in the synthesis of sporopollenin polymers. In conclusion, fungi have adapted their ability to produce carotenoids for different non-essential functions, related with stress tolerance or with the synthesis of physiologically active by-products.
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- Javier Avalos
- Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, Apartado 1095, 41080, Seville, Spain,
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Varga J, Due M, Frisvad JC, Samson RA. Taxonomic revision of Aspergillus section Clavati based on molecular, morphological and physiological data. Stud Mycol 2011; 59:89-106. [PMID: 18490946 PMCID: PMC2275193 DOI: 10.3114/sim.2007.59.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Aspergillus section Clavati has been revised using morphology, secondary metabolites, physiological characters and DNA sequences. Phylogenetic analysis of beta-tubulin, ITS and calmodulin sequence data indicated that Aspergillus section Clavati includes 6 species, A. clavatus (synonyms: A. apicalis, A. pallidus), A. giganteus, A. rhizopodus, A. longivesica, Neocarpenteles acanthosporus and A. clavatonanicus. Neocarpenteles acanthosporus is the only known teleomorph of this section. The sister genera to Neocarpenteles are Neosartorya and Dichotomomyces based on sequence data. Species in Neosartorya and Neocarpenteles have anamorphs with green conidia and share the production of tryptoquivalins, while Dichotomomyces was found to be able to produce gliotoxin, which is also produced by some Neosartorya species, and tryptoquivalines and tryptoquivalones produced by members of both section Clavati and Fumigati. All species in section Clavati are alkalitolerant and acidotolerant and they all have clavate conidial heads. Many species are coprophilic and produce the effective antibiotic patulin. Members of section Clavati also produce antafumicin, tryptoquivalines, cytochalasins, sarcins, dehydrocarolic acid and kotanins (orlandin, desmethylkotanin and kotanin) in species specific combinations. Another species previously assigned to section Clavati, A. ingratus is considered a synonym of Hemicarpenteles paradoxus, which is phylogenetically very distantly related to Neocarpenteles and section Clavati.
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- J Varga
- CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, NL-3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Developing Aspergillus as a host for heterologous expression. Biotechnol Adv 2009; 27:53-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2008.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2008] [Revised: 09/04/2008] [Accepted: 09/07/2008] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Persistence of the fungal whitefly pathogen, Aschersonia aleyrodis, on three different plant species. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2000. [DOI: 10.1017/s0953756200002513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Rouhier P, Bruneteau M, Michel G, Fiema J, Zurzycka A. Structural characterization of alkali-soluble glucans from the mycelium of Aspergillus giganteus mut. alba. Carbohydr Res 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/0008-6215(94)84012-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The effect of light intensity and glucose concentration on the development of Aspergillus giganteus mutant alba. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0953-7562(09)80010-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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van Eijk G, Roeijmans H, Seykens D. Hopanoins from the entomogenous fungus aschersonia aleyrodis. Tetrahedron Lett 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)84577-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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