Early this year, the Ministry of Economic Affairs 'Food Industry Research and Development Institute (FIRDI) filed patent applications on this fungus in countries where the nematode occurs. Tseng Hsien-hsiung named the fungus Esteya vermicola after his Canadian teacher Professor Ralph H. Estey, in recognition of the latter's contribution to microbiological research.
今年初，經濟部食品工業研究所也代為在線蟲發生國家申請此一真菌的專利權，曾顯雄則將真菌命名為 Esteya，以紀念加拿大籍老師 Estey 在微生物研究上的貢獻。