Life on a leaf: the epiphyte to pathogen continuum and interplay in the phyllosphere

G Thomas, WT Kay, HN Fones - BMC biology, 2024 - Springer
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 …

Use of chitin: DNA ratio to assess growth form in fungal cells

A Kovács-Simon, HN Fones - BMC biology, 2024 - Springer
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 …