Meristacrum

Meristacrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Entomophthoromycota
Class:
Entomophthoromycetes
Order:
Entomophthorales
Family:
Meristacraceae
Genus:
Meristacrum

Drechsler 1940 emend.[1] Tucker & Humber 1981
Type species
Meristacrum asterospermum
Synonyms

Pseudocoelomomyces E.A. Nam & Dubitskiĭ, 1977 (inedit.)
Tabanomyces Couch, R.V. Andrejeva, Laird & Nolan, 1979

Meristacrum is a fungal genus in the monotypic family Meristacraceae, of the order Entomophthorales. They are parasites of soil invertebrates, they typically infect nematodes,[2] and tardigrades.[3][4]

Fungi strains such as Meristacrum asterospermum and Zygnemomyces echinulatus have been identified as potential sources of biological control against parasitic nematodes.[5] Although, they have yet to be raised within laboratory or Axenic conditions.[4]

  1. ^ C. Dreschler, 1940, "Three new hyphomycetes preying on free-living terricolous nematodes" Mycologia 32:448-470
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference zygo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ P. F. Cannon and P. M. Kirk (Editors) Fungal Families of the World (2007), p. 210, at Google Books
  4. ^ a b David J. McLaughlin and Joseph W. Spatafora (Editors) Systematics and Evolution: Part A (2014), p. 223, at Google Books
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Saikawa1997 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).