Microbiology of sugar‐rich environments: diversity, ecology and system constraints

B Lievens, JE Hallsworth, MI Pozo… - Environmental …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Microbial habitats that contain an excess of carbohydrate in the form of sugar are
widespread in the microbial biosphere. Depending on the type of sugar, prevailing water …

Plant-associated fungal communities in the light of meta'omics

D Peršoh - Fungal Diversity, 2015‏ - Springer
Approaches for the cultivation-independent analysis of microbial communities are
summarized as meta'omics, which predominantly includes metagenomic,-transcriptomic …

The sooty moulds

P Chomnunti, S Hongsanan, B Aguirre-Hudson, Q Tian… - Fungal diversity, 2014‏ - Springer
Sooty moulds are a remarkable, but poorly understood group of fungi. They coat fruits and
leaves superficially with black mycelia, which reduces photosynthesis rates of host plants …

Honeydew management to promote biological control

MF de Bobadilla, NM Ramírez, M Calvo-Agudo… - Current Opinion in Insect …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Honeydew management can contribute to promote biological control of
pests.•Honeydew in cover crops and hedges can increase performance of natural …

[HTML][HTML] Floral nectar and honeydew microbial diversity and their role in biocontrol of insect pests and pollination

S Álvarez-Pérez, B Lievens, C de Vega - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Floral nectar and honeydew are important nutrient sources for insects.•Nectar
and honeydew microbes have a great potential in sustainable agriculture.•Microbial volatiles …

Hypothesis and theory: fungal spores in stemflow and potential bark sources

D Magyar, JT Van Stan, KR Sridhar - Frontiers in Forests and Global …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
The study of stemflow fungi began over 50 years ago. Past work has been performed in
different climatic regions of the world, with different sampling methods, by mycologists …

Reciprocal influence of soil, phyllosphere, and aphid microbiomes

A Wolfgang, AJM Tack, G Berg, A Abdelfattah - Environmental Microbiome, 2023‏ - Springer
Background The effect of soil on the plant microbiome is well-studied. However, less is
known about the impact of the soil microbiome in multitrophic systems. Here we examined …

[HTML][HTML]  Arthrocatenales, a new order of extremophilic fungi in the Dothideomycetes

M Piątek, M Stryjak-Bogacka, P Czachura - MycoKeys, 2024‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 Abstract The widely treated order Capnodiales is one of the most important orders in the
class Dothideomycetes. Recently, the order Capnodiales s. lat. was reassessed and split …

Aphicidal Activity of Surfactants Produced by Bacillus atrophaeus L193

M Rodríguez, A Marín, M Torres, V Béjar… - Frontiers in …, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
The biosurfactants produced by Bacillus atrophaeus L193 was examined by their use in the
control of the aphid Rhopalosiphum padi in order to suggest a friendly alternative to …

Evolution of ecological dominance of yeast species in high-sugar environments

KM Williams, P Liu, JC Fay - Evolution, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
In budding yeasts, fermentation in the presence of oxygen evolved around the time of a
whole genome duplication (WGD) and is thought to confer dominance in high-sugar …