Epiphytic microbes are those that live for some or all of their life cycle on the surface of plant
leaves. Leaf surfaces are a topologically complex, physicochemically heterogeneous habitat …

Comparison of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) found in devastating plant pathogens and
biocontrol fungi revealed an uncharacterized and conserved polyketide BGC. Genome …

Due to being sessile, plants develop a broad range of defense pathways when they face
abiotic or biotic stress factors. Although plants are subjected to more than one type of stress …

Fungal phytopathogens cause significant reductions in agricultural yields annually, and
overusing chemical fungicides for their control leads to environmental pollution and the …

Dimorphism is known among the etiologic agents of endemic mycoses as well as in
filamentous Mucorales. Under appropriate thermal conditions, mononuclear yeast forms …

Background Dimorphism, the ability to switch between a 'yeast-like'and a hyphal growth
form, is an important feature of certain fungi, including important plant and human …

The rapid adaptive evolution of microbes is driven by strong selection pressure acting on
genetic variation. How adaptive genetic variation is generated within species and how such …

“Mutagenomics” is the combination of random mutagenesis, phenotypic screening, and
whole-genome re-sequencing to uncover all tagged and untagged mutations linked with …

The wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici can respond to light by modulating its gene
expression. Because several virulence-related genes are differentially expressed in …

The ascomycete fungus, Zymoseptoria trifici, has risen in prevalence and significance in the
past few decades, overtaking wheat pathogens such as Stagonospora nodorum for the title …