Improving mycoinsecticides for insect biological control

Expression of a Toll Signaling Regulator Serpin in a Mycoinsecticide for Increased Virulence

(2014) Linzhi Yang et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The genome sequence of the biocontrol fungus Metarhizium anisopliae and comparative genomics of Metarhizium species

(2014) Julie A Pattemore et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The transcriptional co-activator multiprotein bridging factor 1 from the fungal insect pathogen,Beauveria bassiana, mediates regulation of hyphal morphogenesis, stress tolerance and virulence

(2014) Sheng-Hua Ying et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A putative methyltransferase, mtrA, contributes to development, spore viability, protein secretion and virulence in the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana

(2014) Y. Qin et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Discovering the secondary metabolite potential encoded within entomopathogenic fungi

(2014) Donna M. Gibson et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Ubiquity of Insect-Derived Nitrogen Transfer to Plants by Endophytic Insect-Pathogenic Fungi: an Additional Branch of the Soil Nitrogen Cycle

(2013) Scott W. Behie et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A Fungal Insecticide Engineered for FastPer OsKilling of Caterpillars Has High Field Efficacy and Safety in Full-Season Control of Cabbage Insect Pests

(2013) Yong-Jie Liu et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Overexpression of a Metarhizium robertsii HSP25 gene increases thermotolerance and survival in soil

(2013) Xinggang Liao et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Genetics of Cordyceps and related fungi

(2013) Peng Zheng et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Impact of culture age on conidial germination, desiccation and UV tolerance of entomopathogenic fungi

(2013) Mélanie Le Grand et al.   BIOCONTROL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Identification of catalase as an early up-regulated gene in Beauveria bassiana and its role in entomopathogenic fungal virulence

(2013) Duriya Chantasingh et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Ablation of thecreAregulator results in amino acid toxicity, temperature sensitivity, pleiotropic effects on cellular development and loss of virulence in the filamentous fungusBeauveria bassiana

(2013) Zhibing Luo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The antifungal activity of fatty acids of all stages of Sarcophaga carnaria L. (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)

(2013) Marek Gołębiowski et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Expression of trypsin modulating oostatic factor (TMOF) in an entomopathogenic fungus increases its virulence towards Anopheles gambiae and reduces fecundity in the target mosquito

(2013) Layla Kamareddine et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Metarhizium robertsii Produces an Extracellular Invertase (MrINV) That Plays a Pivotal Role in Rhizospheric Interactions and Root Colonization

(2013) Xinggang Liao et al.   PLoS One

A putative α-glucoside transporter gene BbAGT1 contributes to carbohydrate utilization, growth, conidiation and virulence of filamentous entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana

(2013) Xiu-Xiu Wang et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Targeting of insect epicuticular lipids by the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana: hydrocarbon oxidation within the context of a host-pathogen interaction

(2013) Nicolás Pedrini et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Action on the Surface: Entomopathogenic Fungi versus the Insect Cuticle

(2013) Almudena Ortiz-Urquiza et al.   Insects

Persistence of Beauveria bassiana (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) as an endophyte following inoculation of radiata pine seed and seedlings

(2012) Michael Brownbridge et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Culture of Metarhizium robertsii on salicylic-acid supplemented medium induces increased conidial thermotolerance

(2012) Drauzio E.N. Rangel et al.   Fungal Biology

CYP52X1, Representing New Cytochrome P450 Subfamily, Displays Fatty Acid Hydroxylase Activity and Contributes to Virulence and Growth on Insect Cuticular Substrates in Entomopathogenic FungusBeauveria bassiana

(2012) Shizhu Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A fungal homologue of neuronal calcium sensor-1, Bbcsa1, regulates extracellular acidification and contributes to virulence in the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana

(2012) Y. Fan et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Transcriptome analysis of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana grown on cuticular extracts of the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei)

(2012) J. G. Mantilla et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Exploiting host molecules to augment mycoinsecticide virulence

(2012) Yanhua Fan et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Who's who in the plant root microbiome?

(2012) Penny R Hirsch et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Additive Contributions of Two Manganese-Cored Superoxide Dismutases (MnSODs) to Antioxidation, UV Tolerance and Virulence of Beauveria bassiana

(2012) Xue-Qin Xie et al.   PLoS One

Pyrokinin β-Neuropeptide Affects Necrophoretic Behavior in Fire Ants (S. invicta), and Expression of β-NP in a Mycoinsecticide Increases Its Virulence

(2012) Yanhua Fan et al.   PLoS One

Enhanced UV Resistance and Improved Killing of Malaria Mosquitoes by Photolyase Transgenic Entomopathogenic Fungi

(2012) Weiguo Fang et al.   PLoS One

Endophytic Insect-Parasitic Fungi Translocate Nitrogen Directly from Insects to Plants

(2012) S. W. Behie et al.   SCIENCE

Using host molecules to increase fungal virulence for biological control of insects

(2012) Nemat O. Keyhani   Virulence

Enhancing the Stress Tolerance and Virulence of an Entomopathogen by Metabolic Engineering of Dihydroxynaphthalene Melanin Biosynthesis Genes

(2011) Min N. Tseng et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Contribution of the gas1 Gene of the Entomopathogenic Fungus Beauveria bassiana, Encoding a Putative Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored β-1,3-Glucanosyltransferase, to Conidial Thermotolerance and Virulence

(2011) Shizhu Zhang et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Establishment of the fungal entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana as a season long endophyte in jute (Corchorus olitorius) and its rapid detection using SCAR marker

(2011) Chinmay Biswas et al.   BIOCONTROL

Integration of Escherichia coli thioredoxin (trxA) into Beauveria bassiana enhances the fungal tolerance to the stresses of oxidation, heat and UV-B irradiation

(2011) Sheng-Hua Ying et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Generating thermotolerant colonies by pairing Beauveria bassiana isolates

(2011) Jae Su Kim et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Improving UV resistance and virulence of Beauveria bassiana by genetic engineering with an exogenous tyrosinase gene

(2011) Yanfang Shang et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Two hydrophobins are involved in fungal spore coat rodlet layer assembly and each play distinct roles in surface interactions, development and pathogenesis in the entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana

(2011) Shizhu Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Phylogeny and systematics of the anamorphic, entomopathogenic genus Beauveria

(2011) Stephen A. Rehner et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Development of Transgenic Fungi That Kill Human Malaria Parasites in Mosquitoes

(2011) W. Fang et al.   SCIENCE

Genome Sequencing and Comparative Transcriptomics of the Model Entomopathogenic Fungi Metarhizium anisopliae and M. acridum

(2011) Qiang Gao et al.   PLoS Genetics

Integration of Insecticidal Protein Vip3Aa1 into Beauveria bassiana Enhances Fungal Virulence to Spodoptera litura Larvae by Cuticle and Per Os Infection

(2010) Y. Qin et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Sulfonylurea resistance as a new selectable marker for the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana

(2010) Shizhu Zhang et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

A new manganese superoxide dismutase identified from Beauveria bassiana enhances virulence and stress tolerance when overexpressed in the fungal pathogen

(2010) Xue-Qin Xie et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Production of thermotolerant entomopathogenic fungal conidia on millet grain

(2010) Jae Su Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

High-throughput insertion mutagenesis and functional screening in the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana

(2010) Yanhua Fan et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Increased virulence using engineered protease-chitin binding domain hybrid expressed in the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana

(2010) Yanhua Fan et al.   MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS

Molecular characterization and expression analysis of a suite of cytochrome P450 enzymes implicated in insect hydrocarbon degradation in the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana

(2010) N. Pedrini et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Could insect phagocytic avoidance by entomogenous fungi have evolved via selection against soil amoeboid predators?

(2010) M. J. Bidochka et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Mrt, a Gene Unique to Fungi, Encodes an Oligosaccharide Transporter and Facilitates Rhizosphere Competency in Metarhizium robertsii

(2010) W. Fang et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Fungal entomopathogens in the rhizosphere

(2009) Denny J. Bruck   BIOCONTROL

Principles from community and metapopulation ecology: application to fungal entomopathogens

(2009) Nicolai V. Meyling et al.   BIOCONTROL

Conservation biological control using fungal entomopathogens

(2009) J. K. Pell et al.   BIOCONTROL

Ecological factors in the inundative use of fungal entomopathogens

(2009) Stefan T. Jaronski   BIOCONTROL

Directed evolution of a filamentous fungus for thermotolerance

(2009) Eudes de Crecy et al.   BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY

Evaluation of Soyscreen in an Oil-Based Formulation for UV Protection of Beauveria bassiana Conidia

(2009) Robert W. Behle et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Selection of improved Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. strains based on 2-deoxy-d-glucose resistance and physiological analysis

(2009) M. Robledo-Monterrubio et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Expressing a fusion protein with protease and chitinase activities increases the virulence of the insect pathogen Beauveria bassiana

(2009) Weiguo Fang et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Lectin mapping reveals stage-specific display of surface carbohydrates in in vitro and haemolymph-derived cells of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana

(2009) A. Wanchoo et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Uptake of the fluorescent probe FM4-64 by hyphae and haemolymph-derived in vivo hyphal bodies of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana

(2009) M. W. Lewis et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

A multilocus phylogeny of the Metarhizium anisopliae lineage

(2009) Joseph F. Bischoff et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Insecticidal evaluation of Beauveria bassiana engineered to express a scorpion neurotoxin and a cuticle degrading protease

(2008) Dingding Lu et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

A cuticle-degrading protease (CDEP-1) ofBeauveria bassianaenhances virulence

(2008) Yong-Jun Zhang et al.   BIOCONTROL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Entomopathogenic fungal endophytes

(2008) Fernando E. Vega et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Insect pathology and fungal endophytes

(2008) Fernando E. Vega   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Studies on adaptations of Metarhizium anisopliae to life in the soil

(2008) Raymond J. St. Leger   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Intracellular infection of tick cell lines by the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae

(2008) T. J. Kurtti et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM