ArticlePLoS pathogens2024
Fights on the surface prior to fungal invasion of insects.
Article in PLoS pathogens, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Unlocking Rhizosphere Dynamics: Exploring Mechanisms of Plant-Microbe Interactions for Enhanced Tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) Productivity.Current microbiology · 2025Review
- Viral- and fungal-mediated behavioral manipulation of hosts: summit disease.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2024Review
- An iron-binding protein of entomopathogenic fungus suppresses the proliferation of host symbiotic bacteria.Microbiome · 2024Article
- Conserved signaling modules regulate filamentous growth in fungi: a model for eukaryotic cell differentiation.Genetics · 2024Review
- Engineered fungus containing a caterpillar gene kills insects rapidly by disrupting their ecto- and endo-microbiomes.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Effects of microbial biocontrol agents on tea plantation microecology and tea plant metabolism: a review.Frontiers in plant science · 2024Review
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Abstract
Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) infect insects by landing on and penetrating cuticles. Emerging evidence has shown that, prior to the invasion of insects, fungal cells have to battle and overcome diverse challenges, including the host behavioral defenses, colonization resistance mediated by ectomicrobiotas, host recognition, and generation of enough penetration pressure. The ascomycete EPF such as Metarhizium and Beauveria can thus produce adhesive proteins and/or the exopolysaccharide mucilage to tightly glue fungal cells on cuticles. Producing antimicrobial peptides and chemical compounds can enable EPF to outcompete cuticular defensive microbes. The use of divergent membrane receptors, accumulation, and quick degradation of lipid droplets in conidial cells can help EPF recognize proper hosts and build up cellular turgor to breach cuticles for systematic invasion. Further investigations are still required to unveil the multifaceted and intricate relationships between EPF and insect hosts.
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