Genomic Characterization and Functional Description of Beauveria bassiana Isolates from Latin America

Beauveria bassiana is an entomopathogenic fungus used in agriculture as a biological controller worldwide. Despite being well-studied organism, there are no genomic studies of B. isolates from Central American and Caribbean countries. This work characterized the functional potential eight Neotropical provided overview their characteristics, targeting genes associated with pathogenicity, production secondary metabolites, identification CAZYmes tools for future biotechnological applications. In addition, comparison between these reference genomes was performed. Differences were observed according to geographical location lineages complex which each isolate belonged.