The legume Oxytropis sericea hosts a fungal endophyte, Alternaria oxytropis, which
produces secondary metabolites (SM), including the toxin swainsonine. Polyketide synthase …

Locoweeds are toxic leguminous plants in Astragalus and Oxytropis genera that contain
fungal endophytes of Alternaria section Undifilum species. These fungi produce …

Alternaria brassicicola is a necrotrophic pathogen that causes black spot disease on virtually
all cultivated Brassicas, A. brassicicola is renowned for its ability to prodigiously produce …

Locoweed is a collective name for a variety of plants, such as Oxytropis and Astragalus L.
When these plants are infected by some fungi or endophytes, they will produce an alkaloid …

Neotyphodium and Epichloà «species are closely related asexual and sexual endophytic
fungi, respectively, that form symbiotic associations with cool season grasses of the sub …

At the time of writing, high-quality draft genomic sequences of five ascomycete yeasts,
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, S. paradoxus, S. bayanus, S. milkatae, and …

The indolizidine alkaloid swainsonine (SW) is a deadly mycotoxin to livestock that can be
produced by different plant-associated fungi, including the endophytic entomopathogenic …

Nonribosomal peptides, made by nonribosomal peptide synthetases, have diverse
biological activities, including roles as fungal virulence effectors. Inspection of the genome of …

Neotyphodium and Epichloë spp are closely related asexual and sexual endophytic fungi,
respectively, that form mutualistic associations with cool season grasses of the subfamily …

Nonribosomal peptides (NRPs) and polyketides (PKs) are ecologically important secondary
metabolites produced by bacteria and fungi using multidomain enzymes called …