Species

Cordyceps bassiana BCC 2660

[ Opisthokonta | Fungi | Dikarya | . . .
. . . | Hypocreales | Cordycipitaceae | Beauveria ]

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Taxonomy: Eukaryota | Opisthokonta | Fungi | Dikarya | Ascomycota | saccharomyceta | Pezizomycotina | leotiomyceta | sordariomyceta | Sordariomycetes | Hypocreomycetidae | Hypocreales | Cordycipitaceae | Beauveria Anamorph: Beauveria bassiana Synonym: Beauveria bassiana var. bassiana, Tritirachium shiotae, Spicaria bassiana, Penicillium bassianum, Botrytis bassiana Comment: This fungus is parasitic on insects in the bush. It seems to kill them from the inside, feeding on the internal organs, and often the dead insect seems to have just stopped in the middle of what ever it was doing. The fungus is also known as "Sugar Icing Fungus". Go to NCBI Taxonomy (176275) Encyclopedia of life Wikipedia Projects: National Center for Biotechnology Information: NCBI Fungi Genomes Project Publication: Toopaang W, Phonghanpot S, Punya J et. al. (2017) Targeted disruption of the polyketide synthase gene pks15 affects virulence against insects and phagocytic survival in the fungus Beauveria bassiana. Fungal Biol 121, 664-675. 10.1016/j.funbio.2017.04.007 Genome files National Center for Biotechnology Information Type Version Date Compl Cov GC % Size (Mbp) Contigs CGR Illegal Chars N50 (kbp) Acc File Seq info Contigs v 1.0.0 2017-03-05 72 49.3 34.6 35 - - 2637 -