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Selected Papers from ECFG15 - 15th European Conference on Fungal Genetics

A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 2941

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Massimo Reverberi

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Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Interests: fungi;plant-pathogen interaction;lipidomics;biocontrol;defence priming;smart sensors
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Dr. Scala Valeria

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Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), 00156 Roma, Italy
Interests: plant pathology; bacterial pathogen; mycotoxins; fungal pathogen; lipids; signal trasduction
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Dr. Ivan Baccelli

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Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council of Italy, Florence, Italy
Interests: plant’s defense mechanisms; induced resistance and priming of defenses; mechanisms of pathogenicity and virulence; biological control of diseases
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Dr. Marina Collina

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Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Viale G. Fanin, 42, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Interests: fungal epidemiology; fungal resistance; plant’s defense from disease; fungicide activity
Dr. Andrea Peano

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Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Largo P. Braccini 2, 10095 Turin, Italy
Interests: fungal infections; dermatophytes; antifungal resistance; zoonosis; Malassezia; aspergillosis; wild animals
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Session 2 of ECFG15 will focus on several aspects of fungal host interactions and their control. This Special Issue invites authors to submit their contributions regarding animal–fungi interactions, plant–fungi interactions, and aspects of antifungals and fungicides related to understanding the mechanism underlying the pathogenicity and the means for controlling diseases in different hosts.

Prof. Dr. Massimo Reverberi
Dr. Scala Valeria
Dr. Ivan Baccelli
Dr. Marina Collina
Dr. Andrea Peano
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Microorganisms is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • pathogenicity
  • antifungals
  • genetics and genomics
  • bioinformatics
  • biocontrol

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Unconventional Secretion of Nigerolysins A from Aspergillus Species
by Nada Kraševec, Maruša Novak, Simona Barat, Matej Skočaj, Kristina Sepčić and Gregor Anderluh
Microorganisms 2020, 8(12), 1973; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8121973 - 11 Dec 2020
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Aegerolysins are small lipid-binding proteins particularly abundant in fungi. Aegerolysins from oyster mushrooms interact with an insect-specific membrane lipid and, together with MACPF proteins produced by the same organism, form pesticidal pore-forming complexes. The specific interaction with the same membrane lipid was recently [...] Read more.
Aegerolysins are small lipid-binding proteins particularly abundant in fungi. Aegerolysins from oyster mushrooms interact with an insect-specific membrane lipid and, together with MACPF proteins produced by the same organism, form pesticidal pore-forming complexes. The specific interaction with the same membrane lipid was recently demonstrated for nigerolysin A2 (NigA2), an aegerolysin from Aspergillus niger. In Aspergillus species, the aegerolysins were frequently found as secreted proteins, indicating their function in fungal defense. Using immunocytochemistry and live-cell imaging we investigated the subcellular localization of the nigerolysins A in A. niger, while their secretion was addressed by secretion prediction and Western blotting. We show that both nigerolysins A are leaderless proteins that reach the cell exterior by an unconventional protein secretion. NigA proteins are evenly distributed in the cytoplasm of fungal hyphae. A detailed bioinformatics analysis of Aspergillus aegerolysins suggests that the same function occurs only in a limited number of aegerolysins. From alignment, analysis of chromosomal loci, orthology, synteny, and phylogeny it follows that the same or a similar function described for pairs of pesticidal proteins of Pleurotus sp. can be expected in species of the subgenus Circumdati, section Nigri, series Nigri, and some other species with adjacent pairs of putative pesticidal proteins. Full article
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