| diversity of entomopathogenic fungi near leaf-cutting ant nests in a neotropical forest, with particular reference to metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae. | we investigated the prevalence of entomopathogenic fungi associated with leaf-cutting ant colonies in a small area of tropical forest in panama. there was a high abundance of metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae near the colonies. beauveria bassiana was also detected in the soil, aspergillus flavus in dump material, and six camponotus atriceps ants were found infected with cordyceps sp. based on a partial sequence of the igs region, almost all of the m. anisopliae var. anisopliae isolates fell ... | 2004 | 14992860 |