The carnivorous mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus uses an unknown toxin to rapidly paralyze
and kill nematode prey upon contact. We report that small lollipop-shaped structures …

Caenorhabditis elegans lives in compost and decaying fruit, eats bacteria and is exposed to
pathogenic microbes. We show that C. elegans is able to modify diverse microbial small …

Fungal predatory behavior on nematodes has evolved independently in all major fungal
lineages. The basidiomycete oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus is a carnivorous fungus …

To study the molecular basis for predator-prey coevolution, we investigated how
Caenorhabditis elegans responds to the predatory fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora. C …

Understanding the mechanisms of host–pathogen interaction can provide crucial
information for successfully manipulating their relationships. Because of its genetic …

Entomopathogenic nematodes survive in the soil as stress-resistant infective juveniles that
seek out and infect insect hosts. Upon sensing internal host cues, the infective juveniles …

The recognition of molecular patterns associated with specific pathogens or food sources is
fundamental to ecology and plays a major role in the evolution of predator-prey relationships …

Neonicotinoids, a class of insecticides structurally similar to nicotine that target biting and
sucking insects, are the most widely used insecticides today, in part due to their supposed …

The dung of herbivores, the natural habitat of the model mushroom Coprinopsis cinerea, is a
nutrient-rich but also very competitive environment for a saprophytic fungus. We showed …

As a result of limited classes of anthelmintics and an over‐reliance on chemical control,
there is a great need to discover new compounds to combat drug resistance in parasitic …