Michael J Bidochka

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1 West Nile virus infection rates in pooled and individual mosquito samples. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2004 1.65
2 Increased insect virulence in Beauveria bassiana strains overexpressing an engineered chitinase. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006 1.19
3 The insect-pathogenic fungus Metarhizium robertsii (Clavicipitaceae) is also an endophyte that stimulates plant root development. Am J Bot 2011 1.19
4 Transformation of Metarhizium anisopliae mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Can J Microbiol 2006 1.15
5 Expressing a fusion protein with protease and chitinase activities increases the virulence of the insect pathogen Beauveria bassiana. J Invertebr Pathol 2009 1.13
6 Expression of genes involved in germination, conidiogenesis and pathogenesis in Metarhizium anisopliae using quantitative real-time RT-PCR. Mycol Res 2006 1.10
7 Developing insect models for the study of current and emerging human pathogens. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2006 0.98
8 Three sympatrically occurring species of Metarhizium show plant rhizosphere specificity. Microbiology 2011 0.98
9 Microsatellite analysis of environmental and clinical isolates of the opportunist fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. J Med Microbiol 2002 0.98
10 Serial passage of the opportunistic pathogen Aspergillus flavus through an insect host yields decreased saprobic capacity. Can J Microbiol 2005 0.93
11 Attenuation of fungal infection in thermoregulating Locusta migratoria is accompanied by changes in hemolymph proteins. J Invertebr Pathol 2002 0.92
12 A laccase exclusively expressed by Metarhizium anisopliae during isotropic growth is involved in pigmentation, tolerance to abiotic stresses and virulence. Fungal Genet Biol 2010 0.92
13 A regulator of a G protein signalling (RGS) gene, cag8, from the insect-pathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae is involved in conidiation, virulence and hydrophobin synthesis. Microbiology 2007 0.91
14 Ubiquity of insect-derived nitrogen transfer to plants by endophytic insect-pathogenic fungi: an additional branch of the soil nitrogen cycle. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013 0.88
15 Psc-AFP, an antifungal protein with trypsin inhibitor activity from Psoralea corylifolia seeds. Peptides 2006 0.86
16 Differential expression of insect and plant specific adhesin genes, Mad1 and Mad2, in Metarhizium robertsii. Fungal Biol 2011 0.85
17 Up-regulation of Prl, a subtilisin-like protease, during conidiation in the insect pathogen Metarhizium anisopliae. Mycol Res 2005 0.84
18 Implication of a regulator of G protein signalling (BbRGS1) in conidiation and conidial thermotolerance of the insect pathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2008 0.84
19 Nutrient transfer to plants by phylogenetically diverse fungi suggests convergent evolutionary strategies in rhizospheric symbionts. Commun Integr Biol 2013 0.82
20 The host acts as a genetic bottleneck during serial infections: an insect-fungal model system. Curr Genet 2006 0.82
21 Flexible metabolism in Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana: role of the glyoxylate cycle during insect pathogenesis. Microbiology 2010 0.81
22 A cysteine/methionine auxotroph of the opportunistic fungus Aspergillus flavus is associated with host-range restriction: a model for emerging diseases. Microbiology 2006 0.80
23 Nucleotide sequence variation does not relate to differences in kinetic properties of neutral trehalase from the insect pathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae. Curr Microbiol 2004 0.78
24 Directed evolution for increased chitinase activity. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2007 0.77
25 Potential agricultural benefits through biotechnological manipulation of plant fungal associations. Bioessays 2013 0.76
26 Variability in the insect and plant adhesins, Mad1 and Mad2, within the fungal genus metarhizium suggest plant adaptation as an evolutionary force. PLoS One 2013 0.76
27 An alternative insect pathogenic strategy in an Aspergillus flavus auxotroph. Mycol Res 2008 0.76
28 Protein analysis in a pleomorphically deteriorated strain of the insect-pathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae. Can J Microbiol 2002 0.75
29 A PCR-based method to identify Entomophaga spp. infections in North American grasshoppers. J Invertebr Pathol 2011 0.75