Metarhizium anisopliae
(Metschn.) Sorokīn · speciesAt a glance
Sources9 archives
Databases and archives Metarhizium anisopliae's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 011 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 989 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics193 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
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.
Metarhizium pinghaense is a species of entomopathogenic fungus in the family Clavicipitaceae. Some authorities have it as a synonym of Metarhizium anisopliae. DNA studies show that it is a good species, with strong bootstrap support. Researchers in Burkina Faso have created a strain of M. metarhizium genetically engineered to produce the venom of an Australian funnel-web spider; exposure to the fungus caused populations of anopheles mosquitoes, which spread malaria, to crash by 99% in a controlled trial.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
No structured trait data for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Metarhizium anisopliae across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds75 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (10S,13S,16S,19S)-16-[(2S)-butan-2-yl]-3-(3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl)-10,11,14-trimethyl-13-propan-2-yl-4-oxa-1,8,11,14,17-pentazabicyclo[17.3.0]docosane-2,5,9,12,15,18-hexone | present | LOTUS | |
| (16-Benzyl-5,12-dihydroxy-5,7,14-trimethyl-13-methylidene-6,18-dioxo-17-azatricyclo[9.7.0.01,15]octadeca-3,9-dien-2-yl) acetate | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,2R,3Z,5R,7S,9Z,11R,12S,14S,15R,16S)-16-benzyl-2,5,12-trihydroxy-5,7,14-trimethyl-13-methylidene-17-azatricyclo[9.7.0.01,15]octadeca-3,9-diene-6,18-dione | present | LOTUS | |
| (2E,4E,6E,10E)-9-hydroxydodeca-2,4,6,10-tetraenoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2R)-2-ammonio-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoate | present | LOTUS | |
| (3R,10R,13R,16R,19R)-16-[(2R)-butan-2-yl]-3-[(2R)-2,3-dihydroxypropyl]-10,11,14-trimethyl-13-propan-2-yl-4-oxa-1,8,11,14,17-pentazabicyclo[17.4.0]tricosane-2,5,9,12,15,18-hexone | present | LOTUS | |
| (3R,10R,13S,16S,19S)-16-[(2S)-butan-2-yl]-10,11,14-trimethyl-3-(2-methylpropyl)-13-propan-2-yl-4-oxa-1,8,11,14,17-pentazabicyclo[17.3.0]docosane-2,5,9,12,15,18-hexone | present | LOTUS | |
| (3R,10R,13S,16S,19S)-16-[(2S)-butan-2-yl]-3-[(2S)-2,3-dihydroxypropyl]-10,11,14-trimethyl-13-propan-2-yl-4-oxa-1,8,11,14,17-pentazabicyclo[17.3.0]docosane-2,5,9,12,15,18-hexone | present | LOTUS | |
| (3R,10R,13S,16S,19S)-3-isobutyl-13-isopropyl-10,11,14-trimethyl-16-[(1S)-1-methylpropyl]-4-oxa-1,8,11,14,17-pentazabicyclo[17.3.0]docosane-2,5,9,12,15,18-hexone | present | LOTUS | |
| (3R,10S,13S,16S,19S)-10,11,14-trimethyl-3-(oxiran-2-ylmethyl)-13,16-di(propan-2-yl)-4-oxa-1,8,11,14,17-pentazabicyclo[17.3.0]docosane-2,5,9,12,15,18-hexone | 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 Metarhizium anisopliae 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 Metarhizium anisopliae 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.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type1 011 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 institutions4 of 18 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| DPIlocation not on record | 60 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 46 |
| Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record | 45 |
| Auckland, NZ | 14 |
| Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Colimalocation not on record | 5 |
| Centro Nacional de Referencia de Control Biológicolocation not on record | 4 |
| Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Unidad Irapuato, Instituto Politécnico Nacionallocation not on record | 4 |
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canadalocation not on record | 4 |
| ILLSlocation not on record | 3 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 2 |
| Bronx, US | 1 |
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Mycological Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| TENN-Flocation not on record | 1 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 1 |
| Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record | 1 |
| Uppsala, SE | 1 |
| GZUlocation 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 Metarhizium anisopliae 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.