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Inter-kingdom encounters: recent advances in molecular bacterium-fungus interactions.

Current genetics ·Vol. 55 ·No. 3 ·2009-06-00 ·Pages 233-43

Tarkka MT, Sarniguet A, Frey-Klett P

Abstract

Interactions between bacteria and fungi are well known, but it is often underestimated how intimate and decisive such associations can be with respect to behaviour and survival of each participating organism. In this article we review recent advances in molecular bacterium-fungus interactions, combining the data of different model systems. Emphasis is given to the positive or negative consequences these interactions have on the microbe accommodating plants and animals. Intricate mechanisms of antagonism and tolerance have emerged, being as important for the biological control of plants against fungal diseases as for the human body against fungal infections. Bacterial growth promoters of fungal mycelium have been characterized, and these may as well assist plant-fungus mutualism as disease development in animals. Some of the toxins that have been previously associated with fungi are actually produced by endobacteria, and the mechanisms that lie behind the maintenance of such exquisite endosymbioses are fascinating. Bacteria do cause diseases in fungi, and a synergistic action between bacterial toxins and extracellular enzymes is the hallmark of such diseases. The molecular study of bacterium-fungus associations has expanded our view on microbial communication, and this promising field shows now great potentials in medicinal, agricultural and biotechnological applications.

MeSH Terms
Antibiosis/physiology Bacteria/growth & development,metabolism Bacterial Toxins/chemistry,metabolism Fungi/growth & development,metabolism Models, Biological Molecular Structure Mycotoxins/chemistry,metabolism Symbiosis/physiology
Chemicals
Bacterial Toxins Mycotoxins
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Tarkka Mika T
UFZ, Department of Soil Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Halle, Germany. mika.tarkka@ufz.de
Sarniguet Alain
Frey-Klett Pascale
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Article Info
Journal
Current genetics
Abbr.
Curr Genet
ISSN
1432-0983
DOI
10.1007/s00294-009-0241-2
Email
mika.tarkka@ufz.de
Published
2009-06-00
Epub
2009-00-01
Pages
233-43
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
8004904
Subset
IM
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