Rhipicephalus sanguineus, commonly known as the brown dog tick, is a three-host tick that
feeds primarily on dogs and occasionally on other hosts, including humans. R. sanguineus …

In the 1980s, the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say, and rodents were recognized as
the principal vector and reservoir hosts of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi …

The entomogenous filamentous fungus, Beauveria bassiana expresses two hydrophobin
genes, hyd1 and hyd2, hypothesized to be involved in cell surface hydrophobicity, adhesion …

The entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana produces at least three distinct single-
cell propagules, aerial conidia, vegetative cells termed blastospores, and submerged …

Broad host range entomopathogenic fungi such as Beauveria bassiana attack insect hosts
via attachment to cuticular substrata and the production of enzymes for the degradation and …

The desire for decreased reliance on chemical pesticides continues to fuel interest in
alternative means for pest control including the use of naturally occurring microbial insect …

Research on the insect pathogenic filamentous fungus, Beauveria bassiana has witnessed
significant growth in recent years from mainly physiological studies related to its insect …

Pest insects cause severe damage to global crop production and pose a threat to human
health by transmitting diseases. Traditionally, chemical pesticides (insecticides) have been …

Tickborne diseases (TBDs) such as Lyme disease result in≈ 500,000 diagnoses annually in
the United States. Various methods can reduce the abundance of ticks at small spatial …

Broad host range insect pathogenic fungi penetrate through the host cuticle, necessitating
an ability to confront and overcome surface lipids and other molecules that often include …