Mind the blind spot: lessons from fungal community sequencing in a plant–soil feedback experiment by Mengshuai Liu, Jose G. Maciá-Vicente, Jasper van Ruijven, Wopke van der Werf, Zhenling Cui, Fusuo Zhang, Chunxu Song, Liesje Mommer

“…Here, we hypothesize that the strength of negative PSF experienced by a crop species is determined by the relative abundance of host-specific soil-borne pathogenic fungi, that is in turn driven by the crop’s relative abundance (in time). …”
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Unveiling the Microbial Symphony of Amasi: A Targeted Metagenomic 16S rRNA, ITS, and Metabolites Insights Using Bovine and Caprine Milk by Betty Olusola Ajibade, Titilayo Adenike Ajayeoba, Saheed Sabiu, Konstantin V. Moiseenko, Sizwe Vincent Mbona, Errol D. Cason, Tatyana V. Fedorova, Oluwatosin Ademola Ijabadeniyi

“…., and <i>Penicillium</i> spp. were the probable pathogenic bacteria and fungi genera found, respectively. <i>Atopobium</i>, <i>Synechococcus</i>, and <i>Parabacteroides</i> were found less often as rare genera. …”
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Structural variability of sunflower gene for methionine-rich albumin SFA8 by I. N. Anisimova, N. V. Alpatieva, S. V. Goryunova, D. V. Goryunov, Al. V. Konarev, V. A. Gavrilova, E. E. Radchenko

“…The 2S albumins of sunflower and other oilseed plants possess a high nutritional quality, the defense activity against fungi diseases casual gents and also valuable functional properties. …”
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Effect of Biogas Slurry on the Nutrient Cycling and Micro-organisms Community in Two Types of Soil by Pengcheng Li, Dongqi Jiang, Shuqiang Wang, Xianying Zhang, Yulan Zhang, Yonghuan Wang, Zhenhua Chen, Nan Jiang

“…The BS application increased the abundance ratio of fungi to bacteria in both soil types. Total carbon, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus primarily influenced the microbial community structure in black soil, while pH was the key factor in aeolian sandy soil. …”
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Alternative silencing states of transposable elements in Arabidopsis associated with H3K27me3 by Valentin Hure, Florence Piron-Prunier, Tamara Yehouessi, Clémentine Vitte, Aleksandra E. Kornienko, Gabrielle Adam, Magnus Nordborg, Angélique Déléris

“…Abstract Background The DNA/H3K9 methylation and Polycomb-group proteins (PcG)-H3K27me3 silencing pathways have long been considered mutually exclusive and specific to transposable elements (TEs) and genes, respectively in mammals, plants, and fungi. However, H3K27me3 can be recruited to many TEs in the absence of DNA/H3K9 methylation machinery and sometimes also co-occur with DNA methylation. …”
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Characterization of MADS-Box Gene Family in <i>Isatis indigotica</i> and Functional Study of <i>IiAP1</i> in Regulating Floral Transition and Formation by Yanqin Ma, Yanhong Lan, Ju Li, Haicheng Long, Yujie Zhou, Zhi Li, Mingjun Miao, Jian Zhong, Haie Wang, Wei Chang, Ziqin Xu, Liang Yang

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Assessment of the Photosynthetic Response of Potato Plants Inoculated with <i>Rhizoctonia solani</i> and Treated with Flesh-Colored Potato Extracts Nanoencapsulated with Solid Lipi... by Sheina Rivas, Paola Fincheira, Felipe González, Christian Santander, Sebastián Meier, Cledir Santos, Boris Contreras, Antonieta Ruiz

“…However, further research is needed, and the results indicate promising potential for the eco-friendly control of phytopathogenic fungi in agriculture.…”
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Antimicrobial Peptides: A Promising Alternative to Conventional Antimicrobials for Combating Polymicrobial Biofilms by Cesar Augusto Roque‐Borda, Laura Maria Duran Gleriani Primo, Kaila Petronila Medina‐Alarcón, Isabella C. Campos, Camila de Fátima Nascimento, Mauro M. S. Saraiva, Angelo Berchieri Junior, Ana Marisa Fusco‐Almeida, Maria José Soares Mendes‐Giannini, João Perdigão, Fernando Rogério Pavan, Fernando Albericio

“…Preclinical and clinical research is advancing, with animal studies and clinical trials showing promise against multidrug‐resistant bacteria and fungi. Numerous patents indicate increasing interest in AMPs. …”
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Effects of ALA-PDT on the murine footpad model of Fonsecaea monophora infection and its related mechanisms in vivo by Xuelin Wu, Wenyi Chen, Muhammad Danish Yaqoob, Kangxing Liu, Yanqing Hu, Yan Lu, Yongxuan Hu

“…It may also assist against the intracellular fungi by the host through macrophage receptor MARCO and regulation of the immune microenvironment. …”
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Hypoxylon luteogranulatum (Hypoxylaceae, Xylariales), a novel species from Thailand with distinct chemical and ecological traits by Sarunyou Wongkanoun, Esteban Charria-Girón, Marjorie Cedeño-Sanchez, Boonchuai Chainuwong, Sayanh Somrithipol, Eric Kuhnert, Prasert Srikitikulchai, Natapol Pornputtapong, Frank Surup, Jennifer Luangsa-ard, Marc Stadler

“…During the course of our ongoing study of the diversity of Thai fungi and their secondary metabolites, numerous specimens within the Hypoxylaceae have been characterised by traditional morphology, chemotaxonomy using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to diode array detection and ion mobility tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-DAD-IM-MS/MS), and molecular phylogenetic analyses. …”
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Infectious keratitis following photorefractive keratectomy: a 13-year study at a tertiary center by Alireza Attar, Hossein Jamali, Julio Ortega-Usobiaga, Golnoush Mahmoudinezhad, Dagny Zhu, Mohammad Mohammadi

“…Early-onset infections were primarily caused by Staphylococcus aureus (9/26, 34.6%), Staphylococcus epidermidis (4/26, 15.4%), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (4/26, 15.4%), whereas all of the cases with fungi (4/4, 100% (and Acanthamoeba (3/3, 100%) infections caused late-onset infections. …”
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iMulch: an investigation of the influence of polymers on a terrestrial ecosystem using the example of mulch films used in agriculture by Carmen Wolf, Mike Wenzel, Björn Fischer, Ralf Bertling, Erich Jelen, Dieter Hennecke, Karlheinz Weinfurtner, Martina Roß-Nickoll, Henner Hollert, Antonia Weltmeyer, Kristina Bitter, Pauline Ruiz, Dusica Banduka, Jochen Tuerk, Lars M. Blank

“…This indicates that these films can be degraded in the environment if the conditions for degradation are optimal. No microorganisms or fungi that could degrade the PE film within a respective period of time were detected in the soil. …”
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization defines root ecological strategies in an extreme arid environment by Cristian A. Delpiano, Cristian A. Delpiano, Cristian A. Delpiano, Rodrigo S. Rios, Rodrigo S. Rios, Rodrigo S. Rios, Claudia E. Barraza-Zepeda, Melissa J. Pozo, Lorgio E. Aguilera, Andrea P. Loayza, Andrea P. Loayza, Andrea P. Loayza

“…The symbiosis between mycorrhizae fungi and plant roots is essential for plant establishment in nearly all terrestrial ecosystems. …”
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Major facility superfamily sugar transporter protein SsMFSST1 regulates Sporisorium scitamineum mating, pathogenicity, and sugar transport/absorption by Yi Zhang, Yongding He, Meixin Yan, Shilong Zhang, Sisi Zhou, Wankuan Shen

“…On the other hand, it also enriches the biological functions of this gene in fungi.IMPORTANCESugarcane is an important economic crop, but the sugarcane smut disease caused by S. scitamineum severely damages the yield and quality of sugarcane, causing huge economic losses on the sugarcane industry. …”
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Insights into bioactivity guided chemical profiling of Ziziphus jujuba Mill. fruits wild-growing in Montenegro by Tatjana Perović, Biljana Lazović, Mirjana Adakalić, Ana Džamić, Lazar Žarković, Uroš Gašić, Marina Kostić, Jovana Petrović, Dejan Stojković, Ana Ćirić

“…The results of antifungal activity showed lower potential to inhibit growth of pathogenic fungi than bacteria, whereas cytotoxicity assay showed extracts have no effects towards HaCaT skin cell line.The n-butanol fraction had the overall most promising activity, and therefore was subjected to more in depth chemical analysis.…”
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Effects of Simulated Circulation Temperature Changes on the Flavor of Lentinula edodes during Storage by LIU Yani, WANG Feiyu, LI Ran, GAO Hong, FAN Xiuzhi, YIN Chaomin, CHENG Shilun, YU Wei, SHI Defang

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Harnessing Non-Antibiotic Strategies to Counter Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Pathogens with Special Reference to Antimicrobial Peptides and Their Coatings by Shyam Kumar Mishra, Tanzina Akter, Umme Laila Urmi, George Enninful, Manjulatha Sara, Jiawei Shen, Dittu Suresh, Liangjun Zheng, Elias Shiferaw Mekonen, Binod Rayamajhee, Francesco M. Labricciosa, Massimo Sartelli, Mark Willcox

“…We explore the mechanism of action of AMPs against bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. While these peptides hold significant promise, their application in mainstream drug development is hindered by challenges such as low bioavailability and potential toxicity. …”
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FoodMicroDB: A microbiome database for composition and time‐series research in food by Yahui Li, Hujie Lyu, Haifei Yang, Zhicheng Ju, Chuang Ma, Huiyu Hou, Yao Wang, Yuanping Zhou, Yunyun Gao, Junbo Yang, Shanshan Xu, Defeng Bai, Hao Luo, Salsabeel Yousuf, Tianyuan Zhang, Jiani Xun, Meiyin Zeng, Heyuan Qi, Tong Chen, Yong‐Xin Liu

“…FoodMicroDB aggregates 6358 amplicon data from 108 meta‐taxonomic projects covering 62 foods, and harbors 4710 taxa of bacteria, archaea, and fungi. The collected data were consistently analyzed and curated, then visualized using versatile utilities, including unique tools for visualizing microbial composition and time‐series microbiome data. …”
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EFFECT OF GLOMUS MOSSEAE, AZOTOBACTER CHROOCOCCUM AND VERMICOMPOST TEA ON SOME RHIZOSPHERE CHARACTERS AND MYCORRHIZAL DEPENDENCY OF CUCUMBER PLANTS by Z. H. Al-Rawi, J. S. Alkobaisy

“…An experiment was carried out in a greenhouse (sandy loam soil) at the College of Agriculture, University of Anbar, to test the effect of the fungi Mycorrhiza type Glomus mosseae, Azotobacter bacteria type Azotobacter chroococcum and Vermicompost tea in the properties of the rhizosphere, namely the length and weight of the root system, the number of bacteria, the percentage of root infection with Mycorrhiza fungus, and the mycorrhiza dependence of the root and vegetative system and the yield of the cucumber plant Cucumis sativus L. …”
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Molecular characterization of siderophore biosynthesis in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis by Marielle Garcia Silva, Juliana Santana de Curcio, Mirelle Garcia Silva-Bailão, Raisa Melo Lima, Mariana Vieira Tomazett, Aparecido Ferreira de Souza, Vanessa Rafaela Milhomem Cruz-Leite, Nicolau Sbaraini, Alexandre Melo Bailão, Fernando Rodrigues, Maristela Pereira, Relber Aguiar Gonçales, Célia Maria de Almeida Soares

“…Abstract Iron is an essential nutrient for all organisms. For pathogenic fungi, iron is essential for the success of infection. …”
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