Studies on the Virome of the Entomopathogenic Fungus Beauveria bassiana Reveal Novel dsRNA Elements and Mild Hypervirulence.

The entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana has a wide host range and is used as a biocontrol agent against arthropod pests. Mycoviruses have been described in phytopathogenic fungi while in entomopathogenic fungi their presence has been reported only rarely. Here we show that 21.3% of a collecti...

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Main Authors: Ioly Kotta-Loizou, Robert H A Coutts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5293280?pdf=render