Species Diversity and Virulence Potential of the Beauveria bassiana Complex and Beauveria scarabaeidicola Complex

• DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.841604
• Publication Date: 2022-03-04T16:42:55Z
• Authors: Yao Wang; Qi Fan; Dong Wang; Wei-Qiu Zou; De-Xiang Tang; Preeyanat Hongthong; Hong Yu
• Keywords: Bassiana; Beauveria; Species complex

Beauveria is a very important fungal resource. Some species have great economic and ecological value. Through surveying in China Thailand over the past 4 years, 15 spp. were collected identified. Three new species-namely, B. polyrhachicola, songmingensis, subscarabaeidicola-were described illustrated based on morphological characteristics molecular data. The phylogenetic positions of evaluated according to inferences six loci (nrSSU, nrLSU, TEF, RPB1, RPB2, Bloc). Nine our study isolated from adult scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). pathogenicity isolates bassiana complex scarabaeidicola was determined with three bioassays using mori T. molitor larvae, addition Protaetia brevitarsis adults. results indicated that had potential biocontrol insects; by contrast, showed obvious host specificity low virulence.