The multifunctional lifestyles of Metarhizium: evolution and applications

Plant microbiome analysis after Metarhizium amendment reveals increases in abundance of plant growth-promoting organisms and maintenance of disease-suppressive soil

(2020) Larissa Barelli et al.   PLoS One

Comparative RNAseq Analysis of the Insect-Pathogenic Fungus Metarhizium anisopliae Reveals Specific Transcriptome Signatures of Filamentous and Yeast-Like Development

(2020) Natasha Sant Anna Iwanicki et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Localization of the insect pathogenic fungal plant symbionts Metarhizium robertsii and Metarhizium brunneum in bean and corn roots

(2020) Sarah Lahey et al.   Fungal Biology

Systemic Colonization by Metarhizium robertsii Enhances Cover Crop Growth

(2020) Imtiaz Ahmad et al.   Journal of Fungi

Horizontal gene transfer allowed the emergence of broad host range entomopathogens

(2019) Qiangqiang Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Disruption of an adenylate‐forming reductase required for conidiation, increases virulence of the insect pathogenic fungus Metarhizium acridum by enhancing cuticle invasion

(2019) Haoyu Guo et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Members of chitin synthase family in Metarhizium acridum differentially affect fungal growth, stress tolerances, cell wall integrity and virulence

(2019) Junjie Zhang et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Generalist and specialist Metarhizium insect pathogens retain ancestral ability to colonize plant roots

(2019) Soumya Moonjely et al.   Fungal Ecology

Spatial and temporal transcriptomic analyses reveal locust initiation of immune responses to Metarhizium acridum at the pre-penetration stage

(2019) Wei Zhang et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Root colonization by endophytic insect‐pathogenic fungi

(2019) S. Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Inhibitor of apoptosis‐1 gene as a potential target for pest control and its involvement in immune regulation during fungal infection

(2019) Wei Zhang et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Encapsulation of Metarhizium brunneum enhances endophytism in tomato plants

(2018) Vivien Krell et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Endophytic Metarhizium brunneum mitigates nutrient deficits in potato and improves plant productivity and vitality

(2018) Vivien Krell et al.   Fungal Ecology

Current status and perspectives of fungal entomopathogens used for microbial control of arthropod pests in Brazil

(2018) Gabriel Moura Mascarin et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

A review on the genus Metarhizium as an entomopathogenic microbial biocontrol agent with emphasis on its use and utility in Mexico

(2018) Carolina Brunner-Mendoza et al.   BIOCONTROL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Persistence of Metarhizium (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) and Beauveria bassiana (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) in Tobacco Soils and Potential as Biocontrol Agents of Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

(2018) Hua Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

A bifunctional catalase-peroxidase, MakatG1 , contributes to virulence of Metarhizium acridum by overcoming oxidative stress on the host insect cuticle

(2017) Guohong Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Carbon translocation from a plant to an insect-pathogenic endophytic fungus

(2017) Scott W. Behie et al.   Nature Communications

The tick biocontrol agent Metarhizium brunneum (= M. anisopliae) (strain F52) does not reduce non-target arthropods

(2017) Ilya R. Fischhoff et al.   PLoS One

Central Nervous System Responses of the Oriental migratory, Locusta migratoria manilensis, to Fungal Infection

(2017) Wei Zhang et al.   Scientific Reports

Effect of seed treatment duration on growth and colonization of Vicia faba by endophytic Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium brunneum

(2016) Lara R. Jaber et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae endophytically colonize cassava roots following soil drench inoculation

(2016) Melinda Greenfield et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Metabolic Conservation and Diversification of Metarhizium Species Correlate with Fungal Host-Specificity

(2016) Yong-Jiang Xu et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Comparative transcriptomic analysis of immune responses of the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria, to challenge by the fungal insect pathogen, Metarhizium acridum

(2015) Wei Zhang et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Plant tissue localization of the endophytic insect pathogenic fungi Metarhizium and Beauveria

(2015) Scott W. Behie et al.   Fungal Ecology

Fungi with multifunctional lifestyles: endophytic insect pathogenic fungi

(2015) Larissa Barelli et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The plant beneficial effects of Metarhizium species correlate with their association with roots

(2014) Xinggang Liao et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Efficacy of Metarhizium anisopliae isolate MAX-2 from Shangri-la, China under desiccation stress

(2014) Zi-Hong Chen et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Stress is the rule rather than the exception for Metarhizium

(2014) Brian Lovett et al.   CURRENT GENETICS

Clarification of generic and species boundaries for Metarhizium and related fungi through multigene phylogenetics

(2014) Ryan M. Kepler et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Discovering the secondary metabolite potential encoded within entomopathogenic fungi

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

Trajectory and genomic determinants of fungal-pathogen speciation and host adaptation

(2014) Xiao Hu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biological Control in Brazil: an overview

(2014) José Roberto Postali Parra   SCIENTIA AGRICOLA

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

Antagonism of the endophytic insect pathogenic fungusMetarhizium robertsiiagainst the bean plant pathogenFusarium solanif. sp.phaseoli

(2013) Ramanpreet K. Sasan et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY

Action on the Surface: Entomopathogenic Fungi versus the Insect Cuticle

(2013) Almudena Ortiz-Urquiza et al.   Insects

Unveiling the biosynthetic puzzle of destruxins in Metarhizium species

(2012) B. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2012) S. W. Behie et al.   SCIENCE

The insect-pathogenic fungus Metarhizium robertsii (Clavicipitaceae) is also an endophyte that stimulates plant root development

(2011) Ramanpreet K. Sasan et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Three sympatrically occurring species of Metarhizium show plant rhizosphere specificity

(2011) M. Wyrebek et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Pure culture of Metarhizium anisopliae LHL07 reprograms soybean to higher growth and mitigates salt stress

(2011) Abdul Latif Khan et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

(2011) Qiang Gao et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

Metarhizium anisopliae enzymes and toxins

(2010) Augusto Schrank et al.   TOXICON

Comparative Genomics Using Microarrays Reveals Divergence and Loss of Virulence-Associated Genes in Host-Specific Strains of the Insect PathogenMetarhizium anisopliae

(2009) Sibao Wang et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

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

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

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