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Metarhizium anisopliae
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About
Metarhizium anisopliae is a fungus, the type species in the Metarhizium genus. It grows naturally in soils throughout the world and causes disease in various insects by acting as a parasitoid. Ilya I. Mechnikov named it Entomophthora anisopliae after the insect species from which it was originally isolated – the beetle Anisoplia austriaca and from these early days, fungi such as this have been seen as potentially important tools for pest management. It is a mitosporic fungus with asexual reproduction.
- Family
- Clavicipitaceae
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- Name
- Metarhizium anisopliae
- Slug
- metarhizium-anisopliae
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Clavicipitaceae
- Genus
- Metarhizium
- Species
- anisopliae
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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