Ustilago esculenta is a fungus of two morphological forms, among the filamentous dikaryon
that can induce the plant stem to expand to form fleshy stem. In order to establish biotrophy …

Plant pathogenic fungi must be able to degrade host cell walls in order to penetrate and
invade plant tissues. Among the plant cell wall degrading enzymes (PCWDEs) produced …

Microbial pathogens secrete an array of cell wall-degrading enzymes to break down the
structure of the host cell wall to facilitate colonization of the host tissue. To better understand …

Hydrolytic enzymes responsible for laminarin degradation were found to be secreted during
growth of Ustilago esculenta on laminarin. An enzyme involved in laminarin degradation …

Although the process of conidial germination in filamentous fungi has been extensively
studied, many aspects remain to be elucidated since the asexual spore or conidium is vital …

Filamentous fungi are keystone microorganisms in the regulation of many processes
occurring on Earth, such as plant biomass decay and pathogenesis as well as symbiotic …

Ustilago esculenta is a uniquely flavored biotrophic smut fungus that forms a smut gall on
the top internodal region of Zizania latifolia, a perennial wild rice found in the Indo-Burma …

Ustilago esculenta is a smut fungus that obligately infects Zizania latifolia and stimulates
tissue swelling to form galls. Unlike T-type, MT-type U. esculenta can only proliferate within …

The smut fungus Ustilago esculenta infects Zizania latifolia and induces stem expansion to
form a unique vegetable named Jiaobai. Although previous studies have demonstrated that …

Ustilago maydis is a pathogenic fungus that produces the corn smut. It is a biotrophic
parasite that depends on living plant tissues for its proliferation and development …