The oomycetes are a class of ubiquitous, filamentous microorganisms that include some of
the biggest threats to global food security and natural ecosystems. Within the oomycete …

Highlights•We discussed immunoinformatics approaches for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
development.•Different topics such as T cell and B cell epitopes, their identification and …

Productivity benefits from diversity can arise when compatible pathogen hosts are buffered
by unrelated neighbors, diluting pathogen impacts. However, the generality of pathogen …

Soil-borne pathogens structure plant communities, shaping their diversity, and through these
effects may mediate plant responses to climate change and disturbance. Little is known …

As a non-pathogenic oomycete, the biocontrol agent Pythium oligandrum is able to control
plant diseases through direct mycoparasite activity and boosting plant immune responses …

Research suggests that microbiomes play a major role in structuring plant communities and
influencing ecosystem processes, however, the relative roles and strength of change of …

RXLR effectors, a class of secreted proteins that are transferred into host cells to manipulate
host immunity, have been reported to widely exist in oomycetes, including those from genera …

Phytopathogenic oomycetes are known to successfully infect their hosts due to their ability to
secrete effector proteins. Of interest to many researchers are effectors with the N-terminal …

Nickel is an essential cofactor for some pathogen virulence factors. Due to its low availability
in hosts, pathogens must efficiently transport the metal and then balance its ready …

Protein homeostasis is vital for organisms and requires chaperones like the conserved Bcl-2-
associated athanogene (BAG) co-chaperones that bind to the heat shock protein 70 …