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... Basidiomycota brown rot fungus (Fomitopsis pinicola) and two white rot fungi (Phlebia radiata, Trichaptum abietinum) were cultivated on thin slices of spruce wood individually and in interspecies combinations. Within 12 months, F. pinicola substantially decomposed spruce wood observed as mass loss, also in three-species combinations. However, white rot fungi through hyphal interactions negatively ...
... Filamentous fungi are successful inhabitants of soil and play a major role in soil ecosystems, such as in the decomposition of organic and inorganic matter, as well as regulation of nutrient levels. There they also find numerous opportunities to interact with a variety of other microbes such as bacteria or other fungi. Studying fungal interactions at the cellular level, however, can be challenging ...
... Macrophages play a crucial role in fungal clearance during Candida albicans infection. In order to eliminate the intracellular fungi and survive, macrophages need to quickly respond to the dimorphic transition by repairing the phagolysosomal membrane. Also, actin-contractile rings were recently suggested as a powerful weapon to dampen hyphal growth. ...
hyphae, etc ; basidiospores; genetic profile; new species; phylogeny; China; Show all 6 Subjects
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... AbstractTwo new species of Clitocella are proposed based on morphological and phylogenetic investigations. Clitocella borealichinensis sp. nov. is closely related to C. orientalis but distinguished from the latter by its slightly smaller basidiospores and hyphae of pileipellis with pale brown to brown intracellular or parietal pigment. Clitocella colorata sp. nov. is closely related to C. popinal ...
hyphae, etc ; Arabidopsis; Verticillium dahliae; flax; fungi; plantlets; polygalacturonase; Show all 7 Subjects
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... This paper describes an innovative way of using environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) and the development of a suitable accessory to perform in situ observation of living seedlings in the ESEM. We provide details on fabrication of an accessory that proved to be essential for such experiments but inexpensive and easy to build in the laboratory, and present our in situ observations of th ...
hyphae, etc ; Eucalyptus grandis; germination; hybrids; leaf blight; pathogens; temperature; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Leaf blight caused by Teratosphaeria destructans is one of the most important diseases of Eucalyptus planted in the subtropics and tropics. In contrast, the better-known T. epicoccoides, though also a primary pathogen of Eucalyptus, causes less damage to trees in these areas. Although T. destructans is an aggressive pathogen, nothing is known about its infection biology. In this study, the conditi ...
hyphae, etc ; Beauveria bassiana; RNA; insects; mixed infection; mycoviruses; research; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Mycoviruses can spread interspecifically and intraspecifically in plant pathogenic fungi, as well as spreading intraspecifically in entomogenous fungi, especially Beauveria bassiana. However, whether mycoviruses are common in Beauveria spp. and can spread interspecifically between Beauveria species are unclear. Herein, four Beauveria species, but not B. bassiana, were randomly selected for double ...
hyphae, etc ; hydraulic conductivity; nylon; organic matter; roots; soil compaction; Show all 6 Subjects
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... PURPOSE: The common mycorrhizal fungi associated with plant roots can reach a wide region in soil free of roots. The fungal hyphae and the generated organic matter affect soil hydraulic conductivity. Such an influence is so far not rigorously studied in the context of geotechnical systems subjected to the ecological process. METHODS: Here, we designed a new experimental setup to prepare density-co ...
hyphae, etc ; Candida albicans; Candida tropicalis; anti-infective agents; microbiology; microscopy; Show all 6 Subjects
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... AIMS: To assess the efficacy of the antifungal, occidiofungin, against Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis morphological transformation. METHODS AND RESULTS: Susceptibility assays and morphological data were used to demonstrate that occidiofungin effectively targets C. albicans and C. tropicalis undergoing morphological transformation. Susceptibility assays found that cell sensitivity to occid ...
hyphae, etc ; Juglans nigra; Phaeocalicium; ascomata; ascospores; new species; North America; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Phaeocalicium atenitikon is described new to science, growing on twigs of Juglans nigra (black walnut) in central North America. The species is characterized by small ascomata; an exciple of brown, periclinally arranged hyphae; notably small, pigmented, two-celled ascospores with pale septa; and its substrate and distribution. These are the first records of a corticolous Phaeocalicium from intermo ...
hyphae, etc ; Coriolus hirsutus; acetates; biogenesis; fungi; herbicides; lipoxygenases; polyketides; semiochemicals; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Volatile spiroketals are well-documented semiochemicals secreted by beetles and wasps for the intra- and interspecies communication. Its use in insect traps and as natural herbicide makes them of commercial interest. Besides insects, fungi are well-known producers, but the fungal biogenesis of spiroketals has remained speculative. Product formation along fatty acid degradation based on non-labeled ...
hyphae, etc ; cell walls; electron microscopy; fluorescence; genotype; mutants; mycology; phenotype; plasmids; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Hyphae are microscopic filaments that elongate and branch to create networks of interconnected tubes. Understanding how they work remains a formidable challenge in experimental mycology. Important advances in hyphal research in the 20ᵗʰ century came from electron microscopy, which revealed clusters of cytoplasmic vesicles in the cell apex, and biochemical studies that identified the cell wall mate ...
hyphae, etc ; Aspergillus oryzae; adenosinetriphosphatase; arginine; endocytosis; green fluorescent protein; mycology; organelles; Show all 8 Subjects
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... AAA ATPases widely exist in many organisms and function in various organelles. However, there is little information about AAA ATPase functioning in endocytosis. In Aspergillus oryzae, we previously discovered a putative AAA ATPase AipA that would be involved in endocytosis. Here, we further examined the function of AipA and AoAbp1 in endocytosis using enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-tagg ...
hyphae, etc ; Glomerella graminicola; autophagy; conidia; conidiation; corn; fungi; mutants; nutrient transport; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Hyphal and germling fusion is a common phenomenon in ascomycetous fungi. Due to the formed hyphal network, this process enables a coordinated development as well as an interaction with plant hosts and efficient nutrient distribution. Recently, our laboratory work demonstrated a positive correlation between germling fusion and the formation of penetrating hyphopodia on maize leaves outgoing from Co ...
hyphae, etc ; Rhizoctonia; Thanatephorus cucumeris; chickpeas; damping off; disease severity; genes; virulence; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Seventy‐three isolates of Rhizoctonia were obtained from chickpea‐growing areas of Uşak, Kütahya, Isparta and Denizli provinces in Turkey. All the isolates were multinucleate (MN) and 50 of them showed hyphal fusion with the reference isolate of Rhizoctonia solani anastomosis group 5 (AG‐5). To confirm the identification, ITS gene regions of the isolates were sequenced with the ITS1 and ITS4 prime ...
hyphae, etc ; biodiversity; biomass; ecological resilience; global change; soil structure; vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and soil invertebrates represent a large proportion of total soil biomass and biodiversity and are vital for plant performance, soil structure, and biogeochemical cycling. However, the role of soil invertebrates in AM fungi development remains elusive. In this opinion article, we summarize the ecological importance of AM fungi and soil invertebrates in the plant–s ...
hyphae, etc ; Frankia alni; adenosinetriphosphatase; bioremediation; biotechnology; cadmium; carcinogens; electron microscopy; operon; toxicity; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Cadmium (Cd²⁺) is one of the highly toxic heavy metals and is considered as a carcinogenic agent. Our aim was to confirm Frankia alni ACN14a ability to resist Cd²⁺ and determine the genes involved in the resistance. Up to 10 and 22 times in Cd²⁺ accumulation were detected in F. alni ACN14a and Frankia casuarinae CcI3 hyphae when exposure to 1 mM, respectively. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) ex ...
hyphae, etc ; Ganodermataceae; basidiomata; basidiospores; cerrado; homonym; new species; nomen novum; phylogeny; Brazil; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Based on morphological and phylogenetic evidence, a new species of ganodermatoid fungi is recorded and described from the Brazilian Cerrado. After the species was placed in Furtadoa, this genus name was declared an illegitimate homonym by the Index Fungorum and MycoBank databases, according to Art. 53.1 of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, thus requiring the need ...
hyphae, etc ; Candida albicans; anthraquinones; biofilm; extracellular matrix; glycosides; microbiology; research; transcriptomics; virulence; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Candida albicans can form biofilm on biotic and abiotic surfaces of medical implants to cause superficial and systemic infections under specific condition. The formation of hyphae and matrix of C. albicans are considered as probable virulence factors. We assessed the inhibitory activities of 26 anthraquinones against C. albicans biofilm formation, which were substituted by different functional gro ...
hyphae, etc ; Aspergillus oryzae; biosynthesis; gene expression; genes; inositols; metabolomics; mycelium; phylogeny; temperature; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Inositol phosphorylceramide (IPC) participates in hyphal growth and serves as a signaling molecule that enables fungi to adapt to diverse environments. Here, a gene, encodes IPC synthase, was identified from the Aspergillus oryzae 3.042 genome and designated AoAur1. The characteristics, phylogenetic evolution, and resistance to aureobasidin A of AoAur1 were analyzed. The expression pattern of AoAu ...