Table · dataset · 2026
Enhanced growth and virulence of <i>Metarhizium</i> species using insect-derived <i>in</i> <i>vitro</i> culture medium
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<p>The environment in which a fungus grows directly influences fungal traits such as development, transmission, and pathogenic potential.
Description
The environmental niche encompasses factors such as nutrient availability, biotic and abiotic stressors, as well as host-derived chemical cues. In fungal pathogens, where conidia act as the infectious agents, the environmental niche impacts the quantity and quality of the produced conidia, thereby affecting the ability of conidia to infect and kill hosts.
In the present study, we investigated the effect of host-derived medium types on various phenotypes, including fungal growth rate, conidial production, and virulence in two entomopathogenic fungi, <i>Metarhizium acridum</i> and <i>Metarhizium brunneum</i>. Three medium types derived from insect material were compared with a standard laboratory medium. When grown on insect-derived medium, cultures exhibited enhanced conidiogenesis and reduced time to conidiogenesis.
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Although the conidia produced on this host-derived medium germinated and grew at rates comparable to those generated on control medium, they demonstrated higher virulence in one isolate of <i>M. brunneum</i>. These results highlight that the composition of growth substrates can regulate fungal reproductive strategies and virulence, with implications for developing high-throughput phenotyping and for the optimization of mass production and efficacy of entomopathogenic fungi in biological control applications.</p>
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- DOI doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.34023822.v1 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from zivahub uct ac za
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- OAI-PMH record api.figshare.com/v2/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai%3Af… ↗
metadata API · from zivahub uct ac za
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Provenance · 5 source records, 74 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZivaHub | oai:figshare.com:article/34023822 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| HKU DataHub | oai:figshare.com:article/34023822 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| figshare | oai:figshare.com:article/34023822 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Loughborough Research Repository | oai:figshare.com:article/34023822 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
| UP Research Data Repository | oai:figshare.com:article/34023822 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
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|---|---|---|---|
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:310706 | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Virology'] |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:320211 | mapping · datahub hku hk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Infectious Diseases'] |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3103 | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Ecology'] |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3104 | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Evolutionary Biology'] |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3108 | mapping · researchdata up ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Plant Biology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3108 | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Plant Biology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3108 | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Plant Biology'] |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
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| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
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| concepts[field].local:field:chemistry | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:chemistry | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:computer-science-ai | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:computer-science-ai | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:economics-finance | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:economics-finance | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
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| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
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| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:materials-science | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:mathematics-statistics | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:medicine-health | mapping · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:medicine-health | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:medicine-health | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:medicine-health | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:medicine-health | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:psychology-behavioral | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
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| publication_date | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/title |