Fungi, which are a group of multicellular organisms that decompose and absorb organic material, have a few characteristics that are similar to plants...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can answer your tough ho...
Plants are the foundation of terrestrial ecosystems, and their colonization of land was probably facilitated by mutualistic associations with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Following this founding event, plant diversification has led to the emergence of a tremendous diversity of mutualistic symbioses with micr...
Metacaspases are found in plants, fungi and protists, where they have an essential role in programmed cell death responses. Hybrid necrosis A post-zygotic incompatibility resulting from intraspecific or interspecific crosses that is typified by severe tissue necrosis, stunting and auto-activation of ...
Epicuticular waxes form the outermost cuticle layer and limit the attachment of bacteria or fungi [41]. To verify the difference in disease resistance caused by wax between the two varieties, we inoculated powdery mildew on the normal leaves and leaves that underwent mechanical wax removal, the in...
The symbiotic interaction of plants with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi is ancient and widespread. Plants provide AM fungi with carbon in exchange for nutrients and water, making this interaction a prime target for crop improvement. However, plant–fu
Briefly, the bacterial isolates were simultaneously deposited with pathogenic fungi (Botrytis cinerea, Fusarium oxysporum, F. solani, and Rhizoctonia solani) on PDA media. Bacterial endophytes were streaked onto plates in a cross shape, and a mycelial plug of 4 mm was deposited in the center of ...
the necrotrophic fungal pathogensB. cinereaandA. brassicicola. The mutant with a loss-of-function mutation in theA. thalianaElongator subunit 2 presents compromised resistance to the studied fungi, together with decreased histone acetylation and expression of JA/ET-defense genesWRKY33,ORA59andPDF1.2[...
For example, a diverse group of microbes, such as fungi, bacteria and actinomycetes, have the ability to solubilize K minerals by excreting organic acids (Sarikhani et al., 2018). Among these microbes, potassium-solubilizing bacteria (KSB) can release K from feldspar and aluminosilicate minerals...
AM fungi cannot complete their life cycles or be cultured independently in asymbiotic conditions. Recent advances in asymbiotic sporulation of mycorrhizal fungi using bacterial fatty acids as stimuli are encouraging18,19, but it remains challenging to develop axenic AM inoculums. Due to asynchronous ...
Typically, a course on bacterial genetics is a rite of passage for students going on to specialise in many areas of genetics and molecular biology. Since bacteria are generally considered genetically haploid (see below), have a rapid generation time and can be easily grown to large population ...