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KMID : 1160220140420040317
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Mycobiology
2014 Volume.42 No. 4 p.317 ~ p.321
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Entomopathogenicity of Simplicillium lanosoniveum Isolated in Korea
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Lim Sung-Yeol
Lee Se-Hee
Kong Hyun-Gi
Lee Jung-Kwan
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Abstract
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Fruiting bodies similar to those of the ascomycete fungi Podostroma cornu-damae and Cordyceps militaris werecollected from Mt. Seunghak in Busan, Korea on August 21, 2012. The fruiting bodies were cylindrical, with tapered ends andgolden red in color. The fruiting bodies contained abundant conidiophores bearing single-celled conidia, but no perithecia orasci. Pure culture of the fungal isolates was obtained through single-spore isolation. Analyses of morphological characteristics,including conidia shape, and phylogenetic traits, using internal transcribed spacer sequences, showed that these isolates belongedto the species Simplicillium lanosoniveum. Although this fungal species is known to be mycoparasitic, the isolates obtained in thisstudy were unable to infect fungi. However, silkworms (Bombyx mori) inoculated with the fungal isolates died during the larval orpupal stages, as has been shown for the strongly entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana. This study is the first report of theentomopathogenicity of S. lanosoniveum and indicates its potential for use in biological control of insects.
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KEYWORD
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Ascomata, Entomoparasite, Fruiting body, Mycoparasite, Simplicillium lanosoniveum
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