Endosymbiosis: the evil within.
A recent study has revealed a novel feature of the symbiosis between a bacterium and a fungal pathogen. In addition to producing a pathogenic toxin, the endosymbiont of the rice pathogen Rhizopus microsporus controls the ability of the fungus to form sporangia and spores.
Valdivia
Raphael H
RH
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. valdi001@mc.duke.edu <valdi001@mc.duke.edu>
Heitman
Joseph
J
D000656:Amoeba / Q000382:microbiology / Q000472:pathogenicity; D000818:Animals; D019117:Burkholderia / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology; D002695:Chlamydiales / Q000502:physiology; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012275:Oryza / Q000382:microbiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D012233:Rhizopus / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000254:growth & development; D013559:Symbiosis; D014774:Virulence; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics
D009183:Mycotoxins; D037521:Virulence Factors