Covering: up to 2013 Although holo-acyl carrier protein synthase, AcpS, a
phosphopantetheinyl transferase (PPTase), was characterized in the 1960s, it was not until …

Fungi cause severe diseases on a broad range of crop and ornamental plants, leading to
significant economical losses. Plant pathogenic fungi exhibit a huge variability in their mode …

Covering: up to 2014 Siderophores are chelators synthesized by microbes to sequester iron.
This article summarizes the knowledge on the fungal siderophore metabolism with a focus …

Sodium transporters play key roles in plant tolerance to salt stress. Here, we report that a
member of the High-Affinity K+ Transporter (HKT) family, OsHKT1; 1, in rice (Oryza sativa …

Hemibiotrophic plant pathogens first establish a biotrophic interaction with the host plant and
later switch to a destructive necrotrophic lifestyle. Studies of biotrophic pathogens have …

Iron is an essential but, in excess, toxic nutrient. Therefore, fungi evolved fine-tuned
mechanisms for uptake and storage of iron, such as the production of siderophores (low …

The genus Colletotrichum harbors many plant pathogenic species, several of which cause
significant yield losses in the field and post harvest. Typically, in order to infect their host …

Neofusicoccum parvum is a fungal plant pathogen of a wide range of hosts but knowledge
about the virulence factors of N. parvum and host–pathogen interactions is rather limited …

A characteristic hallmark of Aspergillus niger is the formation of black conidiospores. We
have identified four loci involved in spore pigmentation of A. niger by using a combined …

The ascomycete and causative agent of maize anthracnose and stem rot, Colletotrichum
graminicola, differentiates melanized infection cells called appressoria that are …