Table 1.
List of the collected dead arthropods and the corresponding fungi. Fungus # refers to the arthropod it was isolated from and letters correspond to different fungal isolates. Arthropod order is given in parentheses. The last column summarizes the results of spore microinjection: + denotes a pathogenic fungus (killing Drosophila with no statistically significant difference than B. bassiana, P > 0.05); − denotes a mildly pathogenic or non-pathogenic fungus (killing at a statistically significant different rate compared to B. bassiana, P < 0.05)
| Fungus # | Fungus species | Carrier arthropod | Pathogenicity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | Aspergillus ustus | Buprestidae (Coleoptera) | + |
| 1b | Aspergillus candidus | Buprestidae (Coleoptera) | – |
| 1c | Aspergillus sclerotium | Buprestidae (Coleoptera) | + |
| 1d | Aspergillus candidus | Buprestidae (Coleoptera) | – |
| 1e | Aspergillus nomius | Buprestidae (Coleoptera) | + |
| 1f | Aspergillus sclerotium | Buprestidae (Coleoptera) | + |
| 2a | Wallemia sp. | Culex sp. Culicidae (Diptera) | + |
| 3a | Aspergillus sclerotium | Curculionidae (Coleoptera) | nt |
| 3b | Scopulariopsis brevicaulis | Curculionidae (Coleoptera) | – |
| 3c | Aspergillus sclerotium | Curculionidae (Coleoptera) | nt |
| 4a | Aspergillus fumigatus | Dermestidae (Coleoptera) | nt |
| 4b | Aspergillus ruber | Dermestidae (Coleoptera) | nt |
| 4c | Aspergillus ruber | Dermestidae (Coleoptera) | + |
| 4d | Aspergillus glaucus | Dermestidae (Coleoptera) | – |
| 5a | Chaetomium globosum | Lepismatidae (Thysanura) | – |
| 6a | Pyrenophora dictyoides | Miridae (Hemiptera) | nt |
| 6b | Fusarim tricinctum | Miridae (Hemiptera) | nt |
| 7a | Botrytis cinerea | Apis mellifera, Apidae (Hymenoptera) | nt |
| 7b | Alternaria alternata | Apis mellifera, Apidae (Hymenoptera) | + |
| 7c | Fomes fomentarius | Apis mellifera, Apidae (Hymenoptera) | – |
| 8a | Talaromyces amestolkiae | Pyrrhocoridae (Hemiptera) | nt |
| 8b | Cladosporium cladosporioides | Pyrrhocoridae (Hemiptera) | – |
| 8c | Stachybotrys chartarum | Pyrrhocoridae (Hemiptera) | nt |
| 8d | Ascomycota sp. | Pyrrhocoridae (Hemiptera) | nt |
| 9a | Alternaria infectoria | Armadillidium vulgare, Armadillidae (Isopoda) | – |
| 9b | Cladosporium cladosporioides | Armadillidium vulgare, Armadillidae (Isopoda) | nt |
| 9c | Simplicillium sympodiophorum | Armadillidium vulgare, Armadillidae (Isopoda) | nt |
| 10a | Penicillium digitatum | Polydesmidae (Polydesmida) | – |
| 10b | Periconia sp. | Polydesmidae (Polydesmida) | – |
| 11a | Penicillium freii | Pyralidae (Lepidoptera) | – |
| 11b | Talaromyces amestolkiae | Pyralidae (Lepidoptera) | nt |
| 12a | Chaetomium nigricolor | Aphodius sp. Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) | nt |
| 12b | Chaetomium bostrychodes | Aphodius sp. Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) | nt |
| 12c | Engyodontium album | Aphodius sp. Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) | – |
| 13a | Penicillim commune | Araneidae (Araneae) | + |
| 13b | Phoma herbarum | Araneidae (Araneae) | – |
| 14a | Alternaria infectoria | Sarcophagidae (Diptera) | nt |
| 14b | Botrytis cinerea | Sarcophagidae (Diptera) | nt |
| 15a | Embellisia abundans | Araneidae (Araneae) | – |
| 16a | Talaromyces amestolkiae | Capnodis tenebrionis, Buprestidae (Coleoptera) | nt |
| 17a | Penicillium polonicum | Culex sp., Culicidae (Diptera) | – |
| 17b | Talaromyces amestolkiae | Culex sp., Culicidae (Diptera) | – |
Abbreviation: nt not tested