Beauveria bassiana
| Beauveria bassiana | |
|---|---|
| Grasshoppers killed by B. bassiana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Cordycipitaceae |
| Genus: | Beauveria |
| Species: | B. bassiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill. (1912) | |
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Beauveria bassiana is a fungus that grows naturally in soils throughout the world and acts as a parasite on various arthropod species, causing white muscardine disease; it thus belongs to the group of entomopathogenic fungi. It is used as a biological insecticide to control a number of pests, including termites, thrips, whiteflies, aphids and various beetles. Its use in the control of bed bugs and malaria-transmitting mosquitos is under investigation.
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