Progression of the predatory activity of an Argentine strain of Arthrobotrys oligospora (Helotiales: Orbiliaceae) on Panagrellus redivivus (Rhabditidae: Panagrolaimidae)

Abstract

Nematode-trapping fungi constitute a guild of species that develop specialized trapping structures with which they capture and digest nematodes. These traps are not constitutively present, but instead develop in the presence of nematodes ; they attract them , adhere to their cuticle and eventually pierce it, extending hyphae inside their bodies.