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Five new species of entomopathogenic fungi from the Amazon and evolution of neotropical Ophiocordyceps.
Fungal biology - 1 Oct 2015
Sanjuan Tatiana I, Franco-Molano Ana E, Kepler Ryan M, Spatafora Joseph W, Tabima Javier, Vasco-Palacios Aída M, Restrepo Silvia
Abstract excerpt
The neotropical biogeographic zone is a 'hot spot' of global biodiversity, especially for insects. Fungal pathogens of insects appear to track this diversity. However, the integration of this unique component of fungal diversity into molecular phylogenetic analyses remains sparse. The entomopathogenic fungal genus Ophiocordyceps is species rich in this region with the first descriptions dating to the early...
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