Metarhizium alvesii sp. nov.: a new member of the Metarhizium anisopliae species complex

Lopes, Rogério Biaggioni; Souza, Daniela Aguiar de; Rocha, Luiz Fernando Nunes; Montalva, Cristian; Humber, Richard Alan; Faria, Marcos Rodrigues de; Luz, Wolf Christian

Metarhizium alvesii sp. nov.: a new member of the Metarhizium anisopliae species complex

Data

2018

Autores

Lopes, Rogério Biaggioni

Souza, Daniela Aguiar de

Rocha, Luiz Fernando Nunes

Montalva, Cristian

Humber, Richard Alan

Faria, Marcos Rodrigues de

Luz, Wolf Christian

Resumo

A strain within the Metarhizium anisopliae species complex was isolated in 2009 from a soil sample in a banana plantation in the municipality of Quixeré, Northeastern region of Brazil. Previous studies showed that this insect-pathogenic strain does not fit with any current taxon within the M. anisopliae species complex, as determined by both genomic and by mass spectrometric analyses. In the present study, CG1123 (=ARSEF 13308) is shown to be morphologically indistinguishable from most species in this cosmopolitan species complex, whereas multilocus phylogeny confirmed its uniqueness and supports its recognition as a new species, Metarhizium alvesii, in honor of Sérgio Batista Alves, one of the founders of insect pathology in Brazil.

Palavras-chave

Ascomycota, Clavicipitaceae, Entomopathogenic fungi, Taxonomy, Multilocus phylogeny

Citação

LOPES, Rogerio B. et al. Metarhizium alvesii sp. nov.: a new member of the Metarhizium anisopliae species complex. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, New York, v. 151, p. 165-168, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2017.12.001. Disponível em: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022201117301374?via%3Dihub. Acesso em: 28 abr. 2025.