Beauveria bassiana | |
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Grasshoppers killed by B. bassiana | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Hypocreales |
Family: | Cordycipitaceae |
Genus: | Beauveria |
Species: | B. bassiana
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Binomial name | |
Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill. (1912)
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Beauveria bassiana is a fungus that grows naturally in soils throughout the world and acts as a parasite on various arthropod species, causing white muscardine disease; it thus belongs to the group of entomopathogenic fungi. It is used as a biological insecticide to control a number of pests, including termites, thrips, whiteflies, aphids and various beetles. Its use in the control of bed bugs[1] and malaria-transmitting mosquitos is under investigation.[2]
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