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Entomophthora muscae is a species of pathogenic fungus in the order Entomophthorales which causes a fatal disease in flies. It can cause epizootic outbreaks of disease in houseflies and has been investigated as a potential biological control agent.
Entomophthora is a fungal pathogenic disease. In order for this species to infect other organisms the pathogen must come in contact with the insect's body. Fungal transmission occurs through the movement of microscopic reproductive spores through the environment. These spores are released out into the environment via the rupturing of a sporangium.
Most species of the entomophthorales produce ballistic asexual spores that are forcibly discharged. When not landing on a suitable host, these spores can germinate to make one of several alternate spore forms, including a smaller version of the original spore, or (in some species) an adhesive spore elevated on a very slender conidiophore called a capilliconidiophore.
Conidiobolus coronatus is a saprotrophic fungus, [1] first described by Costantin in 1897 as Boudierella coronata. [2] Though this fungus has also been known by the name Entomophthora coronata, the correct name is Conidiobolus coronatus. [3]
A female Melanostoma scalare hoverfly infected with the fungus Entomophthora muscae: Scientific classification; Domain: ... – 10 spp. Entomophaga A.Batko (1964 ...
The proportion of dead ant bodies with resting spores increased from late summer throughout autumn, which suggests that these fungal spores are the main overwintering fungal structures. [13] Pandora sp. nov. inedit. (ARSEF13372) is a recently isolated fungus species with high potential for usage in psyllid pest control. Experiments in biomass ...
Some fungal entomopathogens are opportunistic whereas some have evolved into highly specific pathogens of insects. [ 1 ] Entomopathogenic fungi all typically disperse through the environment through the use of microscopic spores (usually asexual or Conidia ) that commonly use hydrophobins and adhesins to attach to and recognize the host cuticle ...
The disease caused by the fungus is sometimes called green muscardine disease because of the green colour of its spores. When these mitotic (asexual) spores (called conidia ) of the fungus come into contact with the body of an insect host, they germinate and the hyphae that emerge penetrate the cuticle .