Isolation of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae from Boophilus microplus tick (Canestrini, 1887), in Rio de Janeiro State,Brazil |
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Authors: | da Costa G.L. Sarquis M.I.M. de Moraes A.M.L. Bittencourt V.R.E.P. |
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Affiliation: | (1) Departamento de Micologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/ FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil;(2) Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Instituto de Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Brazil |
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Abstract: | The objective of this work were to isolate and identify strains of entomopathogenic fungi from ingurgitated female Boophilus microplus ticks, collected from the soil in the municipality of Paracambi, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The ingurgitated females were inoculated in the selective medium oat dodine agar (oda), where 49 colonies of Beauveria bassiana (71%) and 20 of Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae (29%) were isolated. These isolated strains characterize for the first time in Brazil the natural occurrence of these species of fungi in this tick, and will be used to conduct bioassays to evaluate the pathogenicity and virulence of these strains for ticks of the genus Boophilus microplus. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | Beauveria bassiana biological control Boophilus microplus Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae ticks |
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