Molecular Ecology Notes (2005) 5, 384-386

Jürg Enkerli, Roland Kölliker, Siegfried Keller and Franco Widmer (2005)
Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers from the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae
Molecular Ecology Notes 5 (2), 384-386
Abstract: Fourteen polymorphic microsatellite markers were isolated from the entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae, based on enriched genomic libraries. In order to assess allelic variability, the microsatellite loci were analysed in a collection of 34 isolates sampled from across Switzerland. The number of detected alleles in 14 loci ranged from two to eight and expected heterozygosity from 0.265 to 0.808. Because of the high expected heterozygosity, the 14 microsatellite loci are very useful for ecological studies and analysis of population diversity, and to identifying, monitoring, and tracking M. anisopliae strains applied as biological control agents.
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Database assignments for author(s): Jürg Enkerli, Roland Kölliker

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.
Metarhizium anisopliae (entomopathogen)			Switzerland