Haptocillium balanoides. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Haptocillium balanoides. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Endoparasite of free-living nematodes. HOSTS: Most commonly in the stem nematode Ditylenchus dipsaci in New Zealand (DÜRSCHNER, 1983; HAY, 1995), also in the entomopathogenic nematode Neoaplectana bibionis[Steinernema feltiae] (SLOUN et al., 1990) and in the eggs of Meloidogyne (ROCCUZZO et al., 1993); it does not affect Pratylenchus (TIMPER & BRODIE, 1993). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: So far reliably reported only from Canada (Winnipeg), but the similar H. sphaerosporum is reported from Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, and USA (California). Reports from New Zealand (HAY et al., 1998) and China (HENG et al., 1996) require confirmation. TRANSMISSION: Soil- and air-borne and by nematode vectors.