Niche adaptations and plasticity within the fungal entomopathogenic genus >i<Metarhizium>/i< in Brazil

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A special thanks to my advisors, Prof. Dr. Italo Delalibera Jr. and Prof. Dr. Nicolai Vitt Meyling, for believing in me to conduct this research, for the opportunities and for the knowledge they shared with me during these years. Your guidance was essential to this study.A special thanks to Prof. Dr. Henrik Hjarvard de Fine Licht, my co-advisor in Copenhagen, which provided an enormous support in the aspects involving molecular biology.Your guidance gave me the support needed to increase my understanding about the area and to conduct the research at SOBI.To my parents, João Bosco Couceiro da Silva and Telma Maria da Cruz Couceiro, you are an inspiration for me. Since day 1, you were rooting for my success. I would not be where I am without your constant support, motivation and love. I want to thank the lab technicians Solange Aparecida Vieira Barros (ESALQ), Didde Hedegaard Sørensen (SOBI) and Karen Rysbjerg Jensen (SOBI), who instructed and helped me executing parts of this project. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.