| Metarhizium pinghaense | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
| Genus: | Metarhizium |
| Species: | M. pinghaense |
| Binomial name | |
| Metarhizium pinghaense Q.T. Chen & H.L. Guo | |
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Metarhizium pinghaense is a species of entomopathogenic fungus in the family Clavicipitaceae. Some authorities have it as a synonym of Metarhizium anisopliae. DNA studies show that it is a good species, with strong bootstrap support.
Researchers in Burkina Faso have created a strain of M. metarhizium genetically engineered to produce the venom of an Australian funnel-web spider; exposure to the fungus caused populations of anopheles mosquitoes, which spread malaria, to crash by 99% in a controlled trial.
References
- Acta Mycol. Sin.: 179 (1986)
- Schneider, S.; Rehner, S.A.; Widmer, F.; Enkerli, J. (October 2011). "A PCR-based tool for cultivation-independent detection and quantification of Metarhizium clade 1". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 108 (2): 106–114. doi:10.1016/j.jip.2011.07.005. PMID 21821039.
- Zhang, Yabo; Ye, Bihuan; Wu, Xiaoshuang; Wang, Haojie; Shu, Jinping (December 2015). "Isolation and Identification of an Entomopathogenic Fungal Strain and Its Virulence to Larvae of Melanotus cribricollis". Chinese Journal of Biological Control. 31 (6): 868–875. doi:10.16409/j.cnki.2095-039x.2015.06.008. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- Gallagher, James (31 May 2019). "GM fungus rapidly kills 99% of malaria mosquitoes, study suggests". BBC News Online. Retrieved 31 Dec 2019.
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| Metarhizium pinghaense | |
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