TY - JOUR
T1 - Species associations and distributions of soil entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium spp. in Japan
AU - Nishi, Oumi
AU - Iiyama, Kazuhiro
AU - Yasunaga-Aoki, Chisa
AU - Shimizu, Susumu
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (11J00275, 14J09097) and JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 24255018.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the a Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows [11J00275,14J09097];KAKENHI [24255018].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2017/10/2
Y1 - 2017/10/2
N2 - Metarhizium Sorokīn (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) is a genus of facultative parasites of insects found in soils from various environments and is used for pest management. Understanding the habitat selection of Metarhizium spp. is critical to improve the efficacy and persistence of these fungi as microbial insecticides. This study sought to determine the habitat preferences of Metarhizium spp. in Japan. We identified 302 isolates of Metarhizium spp. as eight species by a combination of PCR–RFLP and phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences. M. pingshaense was the predominant species in Japan and was most frequently isolated from both forest and agricultural environments. On the other hand, M. brunneum and M. pemphigi were comparatively restricted to forest environments. A similar species association was detected in a small area that was intensively investigated, where 7 species including 14 genotypes were isolated from soil. The results of this study have revealed different habitat preferences among Metarhizium spp. in Japan.
AB - Metarhizium Sorokīn (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) is a genus of facultative parasites of insects found in soils from various environments and is used for pest management. Understanding the habitat selection of Metarhizium spp. is critical to improve the efficacy and persistence of these fungi as microbial insecticides. This study sought to determine the habitat preferences of Metarhizium spp. in Japan. We identified 302 isolates of Metarhizium spp. as eight species by a combination of PCR–RFLP and phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences. M. pingshaense was the predominant species in Japan and was most frequently isolated from both forest and agricultural environments. On the other hand, M. brunneum and M. pemphigi were comparatively restricted to forest environments. A similar species association was detected in a small area that was intensively investigated, where 7 species including 14 genotypes were isolated from soil. The results of this study have revealed different habitat preferences among Metarhizium spp. in Japan.
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U2 - 10.1080/21501203.2017.1386244
DO - 10.1080/21501203.2017.1386244
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85031086441
VL - 8
SP - 308
EP - 317
JO - Mycology
JF - Mycology
SN - 2150-1203
IS - 4
ER -