A5093617725- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
- Studies on Chitinases and Chitosanases
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
University of Cologne
2023-2025
Lipids play crucial roles in plant-microbe interactions, functioning as structural components, signaling molecules, and microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs). However, the mechanisms underlying lipid perception plants remain largely unknown. Here, we investigate immune responses activated barley (Hordeum vulgare) by extracts from beneficial root endophytic fungus Serendipita indica compare them to elicited chitohexaose fungal sterol ergosterol. We demonstrate that S. extract induces...
Summary Effector secretion is crucial for root endophytes to establish and protect their ecological niche. We used time‐resolved transcriptomics monitor effector gene expression dynamics in two closely related Sebacinales, Serendipita indica vermifera , during symbiosis with three plant species, competition the phytopathogenic fungus Bipolaris sorokiniana cooperation root‐associated bacteria. observed increased response biotic interactions, particularly plants, indicating importance host...
Associations between plants and beneficial root-endophytic fungi enhance plant performance by improving nutrient uptake, abiotic stress tolerance disease resistance. To successfully colonize different host defend their niche against competing microbes, but also to cooperate with bacterial members of the microbiota, root endophytes such as Sebacinales secrete a multitude tightly regulated effector-proteins carbohydrate-active enzymes. However, functions, specificity, regulation these proteins...