Functional horizontal gene transfer from bacteria to eukaryotes

F Husnik, JP McCutcheon - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018‏ - nature.com
Bacteria influence eukaryotic biology as parasitic, commensal or beneficial symbionts. Aside
from these organismal interactions, bacteria have also been important sources of new …

Host–parasite co-evolution and its genomic signature

D Ebert, PD Fields - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020‏ - nature.com
Studies in diverse biological systems have indicated that host–parasite co-evolution is
responsible for the extraordinary genetic diversity seen in some genomic regions, such as …

Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes: aligning theory with data

PJ Keeling - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024‏ - nature.com
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), or lateral gene transfer, is the non-sexual movement of
genetic information between genomes. It has played a pronounced part in bacterial and …

Dynamic metabolites: A bridge between plants and microbes

Y Su, J Wang, W Gao, R Wang, W Yang… - Science of the Total …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Plant metabolites have a great influence on soil microbiomes. Although few studies provided
insights into plant–microbe interactions, we still know very little about how plants recruit their …

Fungal evolution: cellular, genomic and metabolic complexity

MA Naranjo‐Ortiz, T Gabaldón - Biological Reviews, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
The question of how phenotypic and genomic complexity are inter‐related and how they are
shaped through evolution is a central question in biology that historically has been …

Alien invasive pathogens and pests harming trees, forests, and plantations: Pathways, global consequences and management

T Panzavolta, M Bracalini, A Benigno, S Moricca - Forests, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Forest health worldwide is impacted by many invasive alien pathogens and pests (IAPPs)
that cause significant harm, with severe economic losses and environmental alterations …

Molecular approaches for low-cost point-of-care pathogen detection in agriculture and forestry

P Baldi, N La Porta - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Early detection of plant diseases is a crucial factor to prevent or limit the spread of a rising
infection that could cause significant economic loss. Detection test on plant diseases in the …

Chloroplast: the Trojan horse in plant–virus interaction

D Bhattacharyya, S Chakraborty - Molecular Plant Pathology, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
The chloroplast is one of the most dynamic organelles of a plant cell. It carries out
photosynthesis, synthesizes major phytohormones, plays an active part in the defence …

Drivers of emerging fungal diseases of forest trees

L Ghelardini, AL Pepori, N Luchi, P Capretti… - Forest Ecology and …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
In order to prevent emerging infective diseases (EIDs), which increasingly threaten trees of
agro-forest and urban ecosystems, a thorough understanding of the factors causing them is …

Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity

HT Reynolds, V Vijayakumar, E Gluck-Thaler… - Evolution …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Secondary metabolites are a heterogeneous class of chemicals that often mediate
interactions between species. The tryptophan-derived secondary metabolite, psilocin, is a …