Metarhizium aciculare sp. nov. For euvesperins A and B producing Metarhizium strains

Publication date: Available online 16 June 2019Source: MycoscienceAuthor(s): Hiromu Iwasaki, Toshiyuki Tokiwa, Mayu Shiina, Yukihiro Asami, Kazuro Shiomi, Satoshi Ōmura, Kenichi NonakaAbstractWe have already found some Metarhizium isolates produce euvesperins A and B, which were circumventors of arbekacin resistance in MRSA. These isolates were obtained from soil samples collected from the Izu islands and Kannami town, Sizuoka, Japan.Using a combination of micro-morphological characteristics and multigene (SSU, LSU, TEF) phylogenics, the isolates were indentified as a previously underscribed species of Metarhizium. Phylogenetically, the species is close to M. carneum but it is distinguished morphologically from M. carneum by size and the surface structure of conidia.
Source: Mycoscience - Category: Biology Source Type: research