Fungi form a major and diverse component of most ecosystems on Earth. They are both
micro and macroorganisms with high and varying functional diversity as well as great …

Rice feeds more than half of the world's population. Rice blast, caused by the fungal
pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae, and bacterial blight, caused by the bacterial pathogen …

Background Aureobasidium pullulans is a black-yeast-like fungus used for production of the
polysaccharide pullulan and the antimycotic aureobasidin A, and as a biocontrol agent in …

Pathogens utilize multiple types of effectors to modulate plant immunity. Although many
apoplastic and cytoplasmic effectors have been reported, nuclear effectors have not been …

Biotrophic and hemibiotrophic fungi are successful groups of plant pathogens that require
living plant tissue to survive and complete their life cycle. Members of these groups include …

The evolutionary emergence of organelles was a defining process in diversifying
biochemical reactions within the cell and enabling multicellularity. However …

The genus Trichoderma contains fungi with high relevance for humans, with applications in
enzyme production for plant cell wall degradation and use in biocontrol. Here, we provide a …

Small, secreted proteins have been found to play crucial roles in interactions between
biotrophic/hemi-biotrophic pathogens and plants. However, little is known about the roles of …

Fungal secretome consists of various functional groups of proteins, many of which
participate in nutrient acquisition, self-protection, or manipulation of the environment and …

Research on effectors secreted by pathogens during host attack has dominated the field of
molecular plant–microbe interactions over recent years. Functional analysis of type III …