Antifungal peptides and proteins to control toxigenic fungi and mycotoxin biosynthesis

PV Martínez-Culebras, M Gandía, S Garrigues… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The global challenge to prevent fungal spoilage and mycotoxin contamination on food and
feed requires the development of new antifungal strategies. Antimicrobial peptides and …

Fighting pathogenic yeasts with plant defensins and anti-fungal proteins from fungi

P Manzanares, M Giner-Llorca, JF Marcos… - Applied microbiology …, 2024 - Springer
Fungal infections represent a significant health risk worldwide. Opportunistic infections
caused by yeasts, particularly by Candida spp. and their virulent emerging isolates, have …

Novel findings about the mode of action of the antifungal protein PeAfpA against Saccharomyces cerevisiae

M Giner-Llorca, A Locascio, JA Del Real… - Applied microbiology …, 2023 - Springer
Antifungal proteins (AFPs) from filamentous fungi offer the potential to control fungal
infections that threaten human health and food safety. AFPs exhibit broad antifungal spectra …

Potential of Antifungal Proteins (AFPs) to Control Penicillium Postharvest Fruit Decay

M Gandía, A Kakar, M Giner-Llorca, J Holzknecht… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Penicillium phytopathogenic species provoke severe postharvest disease and economic
losses. Penicillium expansum is the main pome fruit phytopathogen while Penicillium …

Transcriptomic profile of Penicillium digitatum reveals novel aspects of the mode of action of the antifungal protein AfpB

C Ropero-Pérez, B Bolós, M Giner-Llorca… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antifungal proteins (AFPs) from filamentous fungi are promising biomolecules to control
fungal pathogens. Understanding their biological role and mode of action is essential for …

[HTML][HTML] Rationally designed antifungal protein chimeras reveal new insights into structure-activity relationship

M Giner-Llorca, FG del Sol, JF Marcos, A Marina… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Antifungal proteins (AFPs) are promising antimicrobial compounds that represent a feasible
alternative to fungicides. Penicillium expansum encodes three phylogenetically distinct …

Application of recyclable CRISPR/Cas9 tools for targeted genome editing in the postharvest pathogenic fungi Penicillium digitatum and Penicillium expansum

S Garrigues, P Manzanares, JF Marcos - Current genetics, 2022 - Springer
Penicillium digitatum and Penicillium expansum are plant pathogenic fungi that cause the
green and blue mold diseases, respectively, leading to serious postharvest economic losses …

Cork Oak Endophytic Fungi as Potential Biocontrol Agents against Biscogniauxia mediterranea and Diplodia corticola

D Costa, RM Tavares, P Baptista, T Lino-Neto - Journal of Fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
An increase in cork oak diseases caused by Biscogniauxia mediterranea and Diplodia
corticola has been reported in the last decade. Due to the high socio-economic and ecologic …

Biocontrol of Fusarium wilt disease in pepper plant by plant growth promoting Penicillium expansum and Trichoderma harzianum

AM Abdelaziz, MH Sharaf… - Notulae Botanicae …, 2023 - repository.uantwerpen.be
Plant growth promoting fungi (PGPF) were employed in the present study to biocontrol
Fusarium wilt disease in pepper plants. Two of the five fungal isolates were chosen based …

Development of a FungalBraid Penicillium expansum‐based expression system for the production of antifungal proteins in fungal biofactories

M Gandía, E Moreno‐Giménez… - Microbial …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fungal antifungal proteins (AFPs) have attracted attention as novel biofungicides. Their
exploitation requires safe and cost‐effective producing biofactories. Previously, Penicillium …