Chitosan is a versatile compound with multiple biotechnological applications. This polymer
inhibits clinically important human fungal pathogens under the same carbon and nitrogen …

Cell-to-cell communication and cell fusion are fundamental biological processes across the
tree of life. Survival is often dependent upon being able to identify nearby individuals and …

Organisms require the ability to differentiate themselves from organisms of different or even
the same species. Allorecognition processes in filamentous fungi are essential to ensure …

Signal-mediated cell fusion is vital for colony development in filamentous fungi. Arthrobotrys
oligospora is a representative nematode-trapping (NT) fungus that produces adhesive …

Intercellular communication is critical for the survival of unicellular organisms as well as for
the development and function of multicellular tissues. Cell-to-cell signaling is also required …

The establishment of polarity is a critical process in pathogenic fungi, mediating infection-
related morphogenesis and host tissue invasion. Here, we report the identification of TPC1 …

Blast disease in cereal plants is caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae and accounts for
a significant loss in food crops. At the outset of infection, expression of a putative …

The study of aflatoxin in Aspergillus spp. has garnered the attention of many researchers
due to aflatoxin's carcinogenic properties and frequency as a food and feed contaminant …

Highlights•Cell fusion in Neurospora crassa involves an unusual mode of cell
communication.•The fusion partners appear to alternate between signal sending and …

Filamentous fungi depend on asexual cell-to-cell communication and cell fusion to establish
and maintain an interconnected mycelial colony. In Neurospora crassa, genetically identical …