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SUBMITTER: Wang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3768836 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] 20120401 2
Cordyceps is a fastidious pathogenic fungus infecting insects, and recent years have witnessed rapid progress in its medical properties. In this study, a wild isolate, C. cicadae MP12, was characterized through in vitro cultivation and its nuclear small-subunit (SSU) ribosomal DNA (rDNA) data. In vitro culture of C. cicadae MP12 was established by growing its fruiting bodies in a solid matrix. C. cicadae MP12 was inoculated into Cryptotympana atrata cicada pupae for in vivo culture, where the fu ...[more]