Beauveria bassiana
(Bals.-Criv.) Vuill. · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Beauveria bassiana's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 437 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 289 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics998 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Beauveria bassiana is a fungus that grows naturally in soils throughout the world and acts as a parasite on various arthropod species, causing white muscardine disease; it thus belongs to the entomopathogenic fungi. It is used as a biological insecticide to control a number of pests, including termites, thrips, whiteflies, aphids and various beetles. Its use in the control of bedbugs and malaria-transmitting mosquitos is under investigation.Donald G. McNeil Jr., Fungus Fatal to Mosquito May Aid Global War on Malaria, The New York Times, 10 June 2005
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
No structured trait data for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Beauveria bassiana across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds212 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-Sandaracopimaric acid | present | NPASS | |
| (10,11-Z)-syn-13-hydroxypretenellin B | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,2R,6R,10R)-2,13-dihydroxy-14-[(2E,4E,6R)-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-methylocta-2,4-dienoyl]-12-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-6-methyl-5,17-dioxa-16-azatricyclo[8.7.0.011,16]heptadeca-11,13-diene-4,9,15-trione | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,2R,6S,10R)-2,13-dihydroxy-14-[(2E,4E,6S)-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-methylocta-2,4-dienoyl]-12-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-6-methyl-5,17-dioxa-16-azatricyclo[8.7.0.011,16]heptadeca-11,13-diene-4,9,15-trione | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,2R,6S,10S)-2,13-dihydroxy-14-[(2E,4E,6S)-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-methylocta-2,4-dienoyl]-12-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-6-methyl-5,17-dioxa-16-azatricyclo[8.7.0.011,16]heptadeca-11,13-diene-4,9,15-trione | present | LOTUS | |
| (2R)-2-amino-5-[hydroxy-[(E)-5-hydroxy-3-methylpent-2-enoyl]amino]pentanoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2R,3R,4aS,5S,8aR)-3-methyl-8-methylidene-5-propan-2-yl-2,3,4,4a,5,6,7,8a-octahydro-1H-naphthalen-2-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (2R,3S,4aS,5S,8aR)-3-methyl-8-methylidene-5-propan-2-yl-2,3,4,4a,5,6,7,8a-octahydro-1H-naphthalen-2-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S)-5-[[(E)-5-[(2R,3S,4R,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-methoxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-3-methylpent-2-enoyl]-hydroxyamino]-1-hydroxy-N,N-dimethyl-1-oxopentan-2-amine oxide | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S)-5-[[(E)-5-[(2R,3S,4R,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-methoxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-3-methylpent-2-enoyl]-hydroxyamino]-2-(dimethylamino)pentanoic acid | present | LOTUS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Beauveria bassiana has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.
The complete instruction manual Beauveria bassiana carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Record type2 437 records
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions19 of 52 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Ilvolocation not on record | 55 |
| Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record | 37 |
| Auckland, NZ | 26 |
| Corporación Centro de Investigación en Palma de Aceite - CENIPALMAlocation not on record | 22 |
| Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record | 13 |
| Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Unidad Irapuato, Instituto Politécnico Nacionallocation not on record | 10 |
| Centro Nacional de Referencia de Control Biológicolocation not on record | 10 |
| WU-MYClocation not on record | 9 |
| Odawara, JP | 7 |
| ILLSlocation not on record | 6 |
| California State University, East Baylocation not on record | 6 |
| Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Colimalocation not on record | 6 |
| Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record | 4 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 4 |
| Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record | 4 |
| Copenhagen, DK | 3 |
| Uppsala, SE | 3 |
| JA-CAGPDS-CAMlocation not on record | 3 |
| Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record | 3 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 2 |
| ARMS-MBONlocation not on record | 2 |
| Bronx, US | 2 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 2 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 1 |
| Helsinki, FI | 1 |
| TENN-Flocation not on record | 1 |
| Sydney Medical Schoollocation not on record | 1 |
| Pullman, US | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| Denver, US | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| Olocation not on record | 1 |
| Berlin, DE | 1 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 1 |
| S.V. Agricultural College, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Andhra Pradesh Indialocation not on record | 1 |
| Fungario QCAM de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuadorlocation not on record | 1 |
| Durango, MX | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Staten Island, US | 1 |
| UAclocation not on record | 1 |
| PRClocation not on record | 1 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 1 |
| National Institutes of Health, United Stateslocation not on record | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| Kerala Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| PHlocation not on record | 1 |
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Mycological Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Centro Nacional de Investigaciones del Café - Cenicafélocation not on record | 1 |
| Helsinki, FI | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| DOI/FWS, Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Beauveria bassiana was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Measured at samplingin-field
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.