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Table 1 Host range of Metarhizium species

From: Secondary metabolite gene clusters in the entomopathogen fungus Metarhizium anisopliae: genome identification and patterns of expression in a cuticle infection model

Metarhizium species

Host range

Hosts

Metarhizium album

Specialist

Hemiptera;

Metarhizium acridum

Specialist

Orthoptera;

Metarhizium majus

Intermediate

Coleoptera and Lepidoptera;

Metarhizium guizhouense

Intermediate

Coleoptera and Lepidoptera;

Metarhizium brunneum

Generalist

More than seven orders of insects, as well as arachnids;

Metarhizium robertsii

Generalist

More than seven orders of insects, as well as arachnids;

Metarhizium anisopliae

Generalist

More than seven orders of insects, as well as arachnids;