Research Article
Entomopathogens Isolated from Invasive Ants and Tests of Their Pathogenicity
Table 3
Frequency of isolated fungi from ant nests and soil control samples.
| | Frequency | Percentage |
| | Isolated fungi from ant nests |
| | B eauveria bassiana only | 3 | 4.8% | | Metarhizium anisopliae only | 6 | 9.7% | | Metarhizium anisopliae +, Beauveria bassiana | 1 | 1.6% | | Paecilomyces sp. +, Metarhizium anisopliae | 1 | 1.6% | | Paecilomyces sp. + Metarhizium anisopliae | 2 | 3.2% | | Paecilomyces sp. only | 9 | 14.5% | | Nothing found | 40 | 64.5% |
| | Total | 62 | 100% |
| | Isolated fungi from soil control samples |
| | Beauveria bassiana only | 6 | 9.5% | | Beauveria bassiana + Paecilomyces sp. | 1 | 1.6% | | Beauveria bassiana +Metarhizium anisopliae | 1 | 1.6% | | Metarhizium anisopliae only | 5 | 7.9% | | Metarhizium anisopliae + Paecilomyces sp. | 1 | 1.6% | | Paecilomyces sp. Beauveria bassiana + Metarhizium anisopliae | 1 | 1.6% | | Paecilomyces sp. + Beauveria bassiana | 1 | 1.6% | | Paecilomyces s p., Metarhizium anisopliae | 2 | 3.1% | | Paecilomyces sp. + Metarhizium anisopliae + Beauveria bassiana | 1 | 1.6% | | Paecilomyces sp. only | 12 | 19% | | Nothing found | 32 | 50.8% |
| | Total | 63 | 100% |
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