Harmful and Harmless Soil-Dwelling Fungi Indicate Microhabitat Suitability for Off-Host Ixodid Ticks

Harmful and Harmless Soil-Dwelling Fungi Indicate Microhabitat Suitability for Off-Host Ixodid Ticks

Following blood meals or questing bouts, hard ticks (Ixodidae) must locate moist off-host microhabitats as refuge. Soil-dwelling fungi, including entomopathogenic <i>Beauveria bassiana</i> (<i>Bb</i>), thrive in moist microhabitats. Working with six species of ixodid ticks in...

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Main Authors: Claire E. Gooding, Layla Gould, Gerhard Gries
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-03-01
Series:Microorganisms
Subjects:
<i>Beauveria bassiana</i>
entomopathogenic fungus
hard ticks
off-host microhabitat
2-methylisoborneol
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/12/3/609

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