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ArticleBMC genomics2009

Transcriptomic response of the mycoparasitic fungus Trichoderma atroviride to the presence of a fungal prey.

Verena Seidl, Lifu Song, Erika Lindquist, Sabine Gruber, Alexeji Koptchinskiy, Susanne Zeilinger, Monika Schmoll, Pedro Martínez, Jibin Sun, Igor Grigoriev and 3 more

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Article in BMC genomics, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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57 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Verena SeidlResearch Area Gene Technology and Applied Biochemistry, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9/166, A-1060 Vienna, Austria. vseidl@mail.zserv.tuwien.ac.at
Lifu Song
Erika Lindquist
Sabine Gruber
Alexeji Koptchinskiy
Susanne Zeilinger
Monika Schmoll
Pedro Martínez
Jibin Sun
Igor Grigoriev
Alfredo Herrera-Estrella
Scott E Baker
Christian P Kubicek
TU Wien · ATJoint Genome Institute · USTianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology · CNPacific Northwest National Laboratory · US

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF P 18109
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCombating the action of plant pathogenic microorganisms by mycoparasitic fungi has been announced as an attractive biological alternative to the use of chemical fungicides since two decades. The fungal genus Trichoderma includes a high number of taxa which are able to recognize, combat and finally besiege and kill their prey. Only fragments of the biochemical processes related to this ability have been uncovered so far, however.

resultsWe analyzed genome-wide gene expression changes during the begin of physical contact between Trichoderma atroviride and two plant pathogens Botrytis cinerea and Rhizoctonia solani, and compared with gene expression patterns of mycelial and conidiating cultures, respectively. About 3000 ESTs, representing about 900 genes, were obtained from each of these three growth conditions. 66 genes, represented by 442 ESTs, were specifically and significantly overexpressed during onset of mycoparasitism, and the expression of a subset thereof was verified by expression analysis. The upregulated genes comprised 18 KOG groups, but were most abundant from the groups representing posttranslational processing, and amino acid metabolism, and included components of the stress response, reaction to nitrogen shortage, signal transduction and lipid catabolism. Metabolic network analysis confirmed the upregulation of the genes for amino acid biosynthesis and of those involved in the catabolism of lipids and aminosugars.

conclusionThe analysis of the genes overexpressed during the onset of mycoparasitism in T. atroviride has revealed that the fungus reacts to this condition with several previously undetected physiological reactions. These data enable a new and more comprehensive interpretation of the physiology of mycoparasitism, and will aid in the selection of traits for improvement of biocontrol strains by recombinant techniques.

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Gene Expression ProfilingPest Control, BiologicalBotrytisDatabases, GeneticExpressed Sequence TagsGene Expression Regulation, FungalGene LibraryGenes, FungalLightMetabolic Networks and PathwaysReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRhizoctoniaSpores, FungalTrichodermaUp-Regulation

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PMID19948043
PMCPMC2794292
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