Occurrence of Soil- and Tick-Borne Fungi and Related Virulence Tests for Pathogenicity to Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)

• Published in: Journal of medical entomology Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 337 - 344
• Main Authors: Greengarten, Pamela J, Tuininga, Amy R, Morath, Shannon U, Falco, Richard C, Norelus, Herby, Daniels, Thomas J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Entomological Society of America 01.03.2011
• Subjects: Animals; bacteria; bioassays; biological control; biological development; Borrelia burgdorferi; entomopathogenic fungi; field experimentation; forest habitats; fungal communities; Fungi - physiology; gene banks; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Hypocrea lixii; internal transcribed spacers; Ixodes - microbiology; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; mortality; Penicillium; Pest Control, Biological; ribosomal DNA; soil; Soil Microbiology; spraying; ticks; virulence; New York

Ixodes scapularis Say, the blacklegged tick, vectors Borrelia burgdorferi Johnson et al. 1984, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, the most important vector-borne disease in the United States. Efforts to reduce I. scapularis populations are shifting toward the development of biological control m...