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Issue: Vol. 333 No. 2: 9 January 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-01-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.333.2.8
Page range: 243–250
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 40

Beauveria majiangensis, a new entomopathogenic fungus from Guizhou, China

Department of Microbiology, Basic Medical School, Guiyang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China Institute of Fungus Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Guizhou Institute of Biology, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Guizhou Institute of Biology, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Guizhou Institute of Biology, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Institute of Fungus Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Department of Microbiology, Basic Medical School, Guiyang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Institute of Fungus Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Beauveria grub morphology phylogeny Coleoptera Fungi

Abstract

Beauveria majiangensis sp. nov., a fungal grub parasite, isolated from a blueberry farm in Guizhou Province, China, is herein described based on morphological and phylogenetic evidence. Beauveria majiangensis differs from other Beauveria species based on its indeterminate, denticulate rachis, cylindrical or sometimes subspherical conidiogenous cells, and ellipsoidal conidia. Phylogenetic analyses based on four loci (TEF, RPB1, Bloc, and ITS) strongly support that this strain is distinct within Beauveria.