Detection of potentially valuable polymorphisms in four group I intron insertion sites at the 3-end of the LSU rDNA genes in biocontrol isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae

摘要

BackgroundThe entomopathogenic anamorphic fungus Metarhizum anisopliae is currently used as a biocontrol agent (BCA) of insects. In the present work, we analyzed the sequence data obtained from group I introns in the large subunit (LSU) of rDNA genes with a view to determining the genetic diversity present in an autochthonous collection of twenty-six M. anisopliae isolates selected as BCAs.