An endosymbiotic conidial fungus, Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, protects the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, from desiccation imposed by an entomopathogenic fungus.

Yoder, Jay A

An endosymbiotic conidial fungus, Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, protects the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, from desiccation imposed by an entomopathogenic fungus. [electronic resource] - Journal of invertebrate pathology Feb 2008 - 119-27 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article

0022-2011

10.1016/j.jip.2007.07.011 doi


Amphotericin B--pharmacology
Animals
Ascomycota--pathogenicity
Dehydration--physiopathology
Dermacentor--drug effects
Disease Susceptibility--physiopathology
Female
Insecticide Resistance--physiology
Insecticides--pharmacology
Metarhizium--pathogenicity
Mycotoxins--pharmacology
Symbiosis--physiology
Tick Control--methods
Water--metabolism