FEMS Microbiology Letters (2009) 300, 180-187

Annette Bruun Jensen, Jørgen Eilenberg and Claudia López Lastra (2009)
Differential divergences of obligately insect-pathogenic Entomophthora species from fly and aphid hosts
FEMS Microbiology Letters 300 (2), 180-187
Abstract: Three DNA regions (ITS 1, LSU rRNA and GPD) of isolates from the insect-pathogenic fungus genus Entomophthora originating from different fly (Diptera) and aphid (Hemiptera) host taxa were sequenced. The results documented a large genetic diversity among the fly-pathogenic Entomophthora and only minor differences among aphid-pathogenic Entomophthora. The evolutionary time of divergence of the fly and the aphid host taxa included cannot account for this difference. The host-driven divergence of Entomophthora, therefore, has been much greater in flies than in aphids. Host-range differences or a recent host shift to aphid are possible explanations.
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Database assignments for author(s): Annette Bruun Jensen, Jørgen Eilenberg

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
Entomophthora (genus - entomopathogens)