This review analyses the phenomenon of bacterial mycophagy, which we define as a set of
phenotypic behaviours that enable bacteria to obtain nutrients from living fungi and thus …

The implementation of Agrobacterium tumefaciens as a transformation tool revolutionized
approaches to discover and understand gene functions in a large number of fungal species …

Plant pathogens secrete an arsenal of small secreted proteins (SSPs) acting as effectors that
modulate host immunity to facilitate infection. SSP-encoding genes are often located in …

Leptosphaeria maculans is the ascomycete responsible for one of the most damaging
diseases of oilseed rape (Brassica napus), stem canker of crucifers. Both avirulence (AvrLm) …

The basidiomycete yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides (also known as Rhodotorula
toruloides) accumulates high concentrations of lipids and carotenoids from diverse carbon …

Background The rapid increase in whole genome fungal sequence information allows large
scale functional analyses of target genes. Efficient transformation methods to obtain site …

Verticillium dahliae Kleb. is a phytopathogenic fungus that causes wilt disease in a wide
range of crops, including cotton. The life cycle of V. dahliae includes three vegetative …

Background Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici is the causal agent of vascular wilt
disease in tomato. In order to gain more insight into the molecular processes in F …

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation (ATMT) of fungi has become a
common technique for the study of a wide variety of different fungal species over the past …

Agrobacterium species are soilborne gram-negative bacteria exhibiting predominantly a
saprophytic lifestyle. Only a few of these species are capable of parasitic growth on plants …