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Morphogenetic Processes in Fungi
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Morphogenetic Processes in Fungi

A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology and Immunology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 3020

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Sylvain Brun

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Université de Paris, CNRS, Paris Interdisciplinary Energy Research Institute-UMR8236, Paris, France
Interests: fungi; sexual reproduction; appressorium; ascospore germination
Dr. Pierre Grognet

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Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Interests: fungi; epigenetics; sexual development; genome biology

Special Issue Information

Dear colleagues, 

Fungi are very successful microorganisms capable of colonizing virtually any ecological niche and host. They represent incredibly diverse organisms ranging from unicellular yeasts to several centimeters tall, colorful, and beautiful mushrooms encountered in forests worldwide. With this Special Issue entitled “Morphogenetic Processes in Fungi”, we want to shed light on the diverse specialized and sophisticated structures that fungi are able to develop for various processes, such as sexual reproduction, spore dispersal, infection or symbiosis. 

This Special Issue will consider a wide scope of interventions, whether on genetic/epigenetic regulations, cell signaling, cytology or biochemical reactions taking place during fungal morphogenesis. 

Reviews, original research, and communications will be welcome. 

Best regards; 

Dr. Sylvain Brun
Dr. Pierre Grognet
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • fungi
  • development
  • reproduction
  • infection
  • symbiosis
  • epigenetics
  • genetics
  • cell biology

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Hyphal Fusions Enable Efficient Nutrient Distribution in Colletotrichum graminicola Conidiation and Symptom Development on Maize
by Daniela Elisabeth Nordzieke
Microorganisms 2022, 10(6), 1146; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/microorganisms10061146 - 01 Jun 2022
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Hyphal and germling fusion is a common phenomenon in ascomycetous fungi. Due to the formed hyphal network, this process enables a coordinated development as well as an interaction with plant hosts and efficient nutrient distribution. Recently, our laboratory work demonstrated a positive correlation [...] Read more.
Hyphal and germling fusion is a common phenomenon in ascomycetous fungi. Due to the formed hyphal network, this process enables a coordinated development as well as an interaction with plant hosts and efficient nutrient distribution. Recently, our laboratory work demonstrated a positive correlation between germling fusion and the formation of penetrating hyphopodia on maize leaves outgoing from Colletotrichum graminicola oval conidia. To investigate the probable interconnectivity of these processes, we generated a deletion mutant in Cgso, in which homologs are essential for cellular fusion in other fungal species. However, hyphopodia development was not affected, indicating that both processes are not directly connected. Instead, we were able to link the cellular fusion defect in ∆Cgso to a decreased formation of asexual fruiting bodies of C. graminicola on the leaves. The monitoring of a fluorescent-labelled autophagy marker, eGFP-CgAtg8, revealed a high autophagy activity in the hyphae surrounding the acervuli. These results support the hypothesis that the efficient nutrient transport of degraded cellular material by hyphal fusions enables proper acervuli maturation and, therefore, symptom development on the leaves. Full article
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