Open AccessGenetic variability in Metarhizium flavoviride revealed by telomeric fingerprinting
Author(s) -
Inglis Peter W,
Magalhães Bonifácio P,
ValadaresInglis M.Cléria
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1999.tb08706.x
Subject(s) - metarhizium , biology , locus (genetics) , entomopathogenic fungus , dna profiling , rapd , genetics , botany , entomopathogenic fungi , dna , genetic diversity , gene , biological pest control , population , demography , beauveria bassiana , sociology
Previous studies using arbitrarily primed PCR (AP‐PCR/RAPD) analysis have shown only little genetic variation among isolates of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium flavoviride . In the current study, however, telomeric fingerprinting unambiguously differentiated several Brazilian strains of M. flavoviride as well as strains from Africa and Australia. Using this technique, similarity estimates of telomeric DNA among distinct strains were less than 50%, showing this locus to be highly mutable in this species.