Ultrastructural and Cytotoxic Effects of Metarhizium robertsii Infection on Rhipicephalus microplus Hemocytes

Ultrastructural and Cytotoxic Effects of Metarhizium robertsii Infection on Rhipicephalus microplus Hemocytes

Metarhizium is an entomopathogenic fungus widely employed in the biological control of arthropods. Hemocytes present in the hemolymph of invertebrates are the cells involved in the immune response of arthropods. Despite this, knowledge about Rhipicephalus microplus hemocytes morphological aspects as...

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Main Authors: Jéssica Fiorotti, Rubem Figueiredo Sadok Menna-Barreto, Patrícia Silva Gôlo, Caio Junior Balduino Coutinho-Rodrigues, Ricardo Oliveira Barbosa Bitencourt, Diva Denelle Spadacci-Morena, Isabele da Costa Angelo, Vânia Rita Elias Pinheiro Bittencourt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
entomopathogenic fungi
cell death
fungal infection
tick
immunity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2019.00654/full

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