Table 2.

Fungal isolates from pine bark beetles in South Africa used in this study.

Species	Isolate Number	GenBank no.		Host	Insect vector	Area
		ITS	β-tubulin
Pesotum fragrans	aCMW 19357	DQ396790		Pinus patula	Hylastes angustatus	Mpumalanga
Ophiostoma abietinum	CMW 397	DQ396788		—	Orthotomicus erosus	Western Cape
O. floccosum	CMW 19358	DQ396791		P. elliottii	Hylurgus ligniperda	Kwazulu-Natal
	CMW 19359	DQ396792		P. patula	O. erosus	Mpumalanga
O. pluriannulatum	CMW 19360	DQ396793		P. elliottii	H. ligniperda	Kwazulu-Natal
O. piliferum	CMW 554	DQ396789		—	O. erosus	Western Cape
O. quercus	CMW 19361	DQ396794		P. patula	H. angustatus	Mpumalanga
	CMW 19365	DQ396795		P. elliottii	H. ligniperda	Kwazulu-Natal
O. stenoceras	CMW 544	DQ396799		—	H. angustatus	Western Cape
O. aurorae	CMW 19362	DQ396796	DQ396800	P. elliottii	H. angustatus	Mpumalanga
	CMW 19363	DQ396797	DQ396801	P. elliottii	H. angustatus	Mpumalanga
	CMW 19364	DQ396798	DQ396802	P. elliottii	H. angustatus	Mpumalanga

^aCulture Collection of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.