In an attempt to develop a biological control agent against mycotoxigenic Fusarium species, we isolated Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain DA12 from soil and explored its antimicrobial activities. DA12 was active against the growth of mycotoxigenic F. asiaticum, F. graminearum, F. proliferatum, and F. verticillioides both in vitro and in planta (maize). Further screening using dual culture exten...

Fusarium graminearum strains responsible for causing the plant disease Fusarium head blight vary greatly in their ability to cause disease and produce mycotoxins on wheat. With the goal of understanding fungal gene expression related to pathogenicity, three cDNA libraries were created by suppression subtractive hybridization using wheat heads inoculated with a highly aggressive strain and eithe...

The development of expressed sequence tag (EST) databases, directed transformation and a sequenced genome have facilitated the functional analyses of Fusarium graminearum genes. Extensive analysis of 10,397 ESTs, derived from thirteen cDNA libraries of F. graminearum grown under diverse conditions, identified a novel cluster of eight genes (gene loci fg08077 – fg08084) located within a 17 kb re...

We sequenced and annotated the genome of the filamentous fungus Fusarium graminearum, a major pathogen of cultivated cereals. Very few repetitive sequences were detected, and the process of repeat-induced point mutation, in which duplicated sequences are subject to extensive mutation, may partially account for the reduced repeat content and apparent low number of paralogous (ancestrally duplica...

The target of rapamycin (TOR) signaling pathway plays critical roles in controlling cell growth in a variety of eukaryotes. However, the contribution of this pathway in regulating virulence of plant pathogenic fungi is unknown. We identified and characterized nine genes encoding components of the TOR pathway in Fusarium graminearum. Biological, genetic and biochemical functions of each componen...

The increased occurrence of Fusarium-mycotoxins in Norwegian cereals over the last decade, is thought to be caused by increased inoculum resulting from more cereal residues at the soil surface as a result of reduced tillage practices. In addition, weather conditions have increasingly promoted inoculum development and infection by Fusarium species. The objective of this work was to elucidate the...

Citation: Ponts N (2015) Mycotoxins are a component of Fusarium graminearum stress-response system. SECONDARY METABOLITES IN THE CONTEXT OF PHYTOPATHOGENIC FUNGAL LIFE Fusarium graminearum is a phytopathogenic Ascomycota that can cause Fusarium head blight in wheat and other cereals worldwide, leading to important yield losses as well as reduced grain quality. The analysis of the F. graminearum...

As part of continued efforts to understand the mechanisms of 1,5-α-l-arabinanases better, some arabinan-like iminosugar oligosaccharides were synthesized. An iminosugar analogue of arabinobiose was found to be a good inhibitor of the arabinanase Arb93A from Fusarium graminearum. Structures were determined for complexes of this inhibitor with wild-type Arb93A and a catalytically inactive mutant.

Pseudomonas sp. strain 2-92, isolated from a Canadian field plot under long-term mineral fertilization, strongly inhibits the growth of Fusarium graminearum, Rhizoctonia solani, and Gaeumannomyces graminis. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Pseudomonas sp. strain 2-92.