10.6084/m9.figshare.5816583.v1 Margy Alejandra Esparza Mora Margy Alejandra Esparza Mora Alzimiro Marcelo Conteiro Castilho Alzimiro Marcelo Conteiro Castilho Marcelo Elias Fraga Marcelo Elias Fraga Classification and infection mechanism of entomopathogenic fungi SciELO journals 2018 taxonomy toxins enzymes host 2018-01-24 02:47:18 Dataset https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Classification_and_infection_mechanism_of_entomopathogenic_fungi/5816583 <div><p>ABSTRACT: Entomopathogenic fungi are important biological control agents throughout the world, have been the subject of intensive research for more than 100 years, and can occur at epizootic or enzootic levels in their host populations. Their mode of action against insects involves attaching a spore to the insect cuticle, followed by germination, penetration of the cuticle, and dissemination inside the insect. Strains of entomopathogenic fungi are concentrated in the following orders: Hypocreales (various genera), Onygenales (Ascosphaera genus), Entomophthorales, and Neozygitales (Entomophthoromycota).</p></div>