The genus Metarhizium and Pochonia chlamydosporia comprise a monophyletic clade of
highly abundant globally distributed fungi that can transition between long-term beneficial …

Asexually reproducing fungi play a significant role in essential processes in managed and
wild ecosystems such as nutrients cycling and multitrophic interactions. A large number of …

Entomopathogenic fungi play a pivotal role in the regulation of insect populations in nature,
and representative species have been developed as promising environmentally friendly …

Fungal pathogens of plants and animals have multifarious effects; they cause devastating
damages to agricultures, lead to life-threatening diseases in humans, or induce beneficial …

Ant-infecting Ophiocordyceps fungi are globally distributed, host manipulating, specialist
parasites that drive aberrant behaviors in infected ants, at a lethal cost to the host. An …

Much can be gained from revealing the mechanisms fungal entomopathogens employ.
Especially intriguing are fungal parasites that manipulate insect behavior because …

Introduction Aspergillus nomiae is known as a pathogenic fungus that infects humans and
plants but has never been reported as an entomophagous fungus (EPF) that can provide …

Ophiocordyceps fungi manipulate the behaviour of their ant hosts to produce a summit
disease phenotype, thereby establishing infected ant cadavers onto vegetation at elevated …

Hundreds and hundreds of bacterial protein toxins are presently known. Traditionally, toxin
identification begins with pathological studies of bacterial infectious disease. Following …

The entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria pseudobassiana strain RGM 2184 can reach a
maximum efficacy of 80% against the quarantine pest Lobesia botrana in field assays. In this …