The global environment is dominated by various small exotic substances, known as
secondary metabolites, produced by plants and microorganisms. Plants and fungi are …

When living in biological and interactive communities, microorganisms use quorum-sensing
mechanisms for their communication. According to cell density, bacteria and fungi can …

Fungi are known to produce a wide range of secondary metabolites such as pigments,
antibiotics, vitamins, amino acids, and organic compounds that have several useful …

Tea (Camellia sinensis) is perhaps the most popular and economic beverage in the globe
due to its distinctive fragrance and flavour generated by the leaves of commercially farmed …

In the development of medicinally important Orchidaceae, the extent of fungal endophytes
specificity is not presently very clear. Limited study has been available on natural products …

The fungal genus Entomophthora consists of highly host-specific pathogens that cause
deadly epizootics in their various insect hosts. The most well-known among these is the …

Introduction The inactivation and eradication of multidrug-resistant bacteria, fungi, and
viruses by conventional antibiotics and drugs have not been effective. The hindering of …

One of the new challenges facing humanity is to reach increasingly further distant space
targets. It is therefore of upmost importance to understand the behavior of microorganisms …

Endophytic fungi and bacteria are the most ubiquitous and representative commensal
members that have been studied so far in various higher plants. Within colonization and …

Effectors are small, secreted molecules that mediate the establishment of interactions in
nature. While some concepts of effector biology have stood the test of time, this area of study …