Fungi–nematode interactions: Diversity, ecology, and biocontrol prospects in agriculture

Y Zhang, S Li, H Li, R Wang, KQ Zhang, J Xu - Journal of Fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fungi and nematodes are among the most abundant organisms in soil habitats. They
provide essential ecosystem services and play crucial roles for maintaining the stability of …

Bacterial endosymbionts protect beneficial soil fungus from nematode attack

H Büttner, SP Niehs… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Fungi of the genus Mortierella occur ubiquitously in soils where they play pivotal roles in
carbon cycling, xenobiont degradation, and promoting plant growth. These important fungi …

Evolutionary morphogenesis of sexual fruiting bodies in basidiomycota: toward a new evo-devo synthesis

M Virágh, Z Merényi, Á Csernetics, C Földi… - Microbiology and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The development of sexual fruiting bodies is one of the most complex morphogenetic
processes in fungi. Mycologists have long been fascinated by the morphological and …

The different morphologies of yeast and filamentous fungi trigger distinct killing and feeding mechanisms in a fungivorous amoeba

S Radosa, I Ferling, JL Sprague… - Environmental …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Size and diverse morphologies pose a primary challenge for phagocytes such as innate
immune cells and predatory amoebae when encountering fungal prey. Although filamentous …

Expression of a fungal lectin in Arabidopsis enhances plant growth and resistance toward microbial pathogens and a plant-parasitic nematode

A Moradi, M El-Shetehy, J Gamir, T Austerlitz… - Frontiers in plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Coprinopsis cinerea lectin 2 (CCL2) is a fucoside-binding lectin from the basidiomycete C.
cinerea that is toxic to the bacterivorous nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as well as …

Dual RNA-Seq Profiling Unveils Mycoparasitic Activities of Trichoderma atroviride against Haploid Armillaria ostoyae in Antagonistic Interaction Assays

L Chen, S Champramary, N Sahu, B Indic… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Armillaria ostoyae, a species among the destructive forest pathogens from the genus
Armillaria, causes root rot disease on woody plants worldwide. Efficient control measures to …

Heterologous production and functional characterization of ageritin, a novel type of ribotoxin highly expressed during fruiting of the edible mushroom Agrocybe …

A Tayyrov, S Azevedo, R Herzog, E Vogt… - Applied and …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fungi produce various defense proteins against antagonists, including ribotoxins. These
toxins cleave a single phosphodiester bond within the universally conserved sarcin-ricin …

Mycorrhiza‐induced mycocypins of Laccaria bicolor are potent protease inhibitors with nematotoxic and collembola antifeedant activity

JM Plett, J Sabotič, E Vogt, F Snijders… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fungivory of mycorrhizal hyphae has a significant impact on fungal fitness and, by
extension, on nutrient transfer between fungi and host plants in natural ecosystems …

[HTML][HTML] Transmission of mushroom virus X and the impact of virus infection on the transcriptomes and proteomes of different strains of Agaricus bisporus

E O'Connor, S Doyle, A Amini, H Grogan, DA Fitzpatrick - Fungal Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Cultivation of Agaricus bisporus is a large horticultural industry for many countries
worldwide, where a single variety is almost grown exclusively. Mushroom virus X (MVX), a …

Combining microfluidics and RNA-sequencing to assess the inducible defensome of a mushroom against nematodes

A Tayyrov, CE Stanley, S Azevedo, M Künzler - BMC genomics, 2019 - Springer
Background Fungi are an attractive source of nutrients for predators. As part of their defense,
some fungi are able to induce the production of anti-predator protein toxins in response to …