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Initial soil community drives heathland fungal community trajectory over multiple years through altered plant‐soil interactions University of Antwerp
Dispersal limitation, biotic interactions and environmental filters interact to drive plant and fungal community assembly, but their combined effects are rarely investigated. •This study examines how different heathland plant and fungal colonization scenarios realized via three biotic treatments ‐ addition of mature heathland derived sod, addition of hay and no additions ‐ affect soil fungal community development over six years along a ...
Nucleic acids enrichment of fungal pathogens to study host-pathogen interactions Ghent University
Fungal infections, ranging from superficial to life-threatening infections, represent a major public health problem that affects 25% of the worldwide population. In this context, the study of host-pathogen interactions within the host is crucial to advance antifungal therapy. However, since fungal cells are usually outnumbered by host cells, the fungal transcriptome frequently remains uncovered. We compared three different methods to selectively ...
Force nanoscopy of hydrophobic interactions in the fungal pathogen Candida glabrata KU Leuven
Candida glabrata is an opportunistic human fungal pathogen which binds to surfaces mainly through the Epa family of cell adhesion proteins. While some Epa proteins mediate specific lectin-like interactions with human epithelial cells, others promote adhesion and biofilm formation on plastic surfaces via nonspecific interactions that are not yet elucidated. We report the measurement of hydrophobic forces engaged in Epa6-mediated cell adhesion by ...
Interactions between the cereal aphids Sitobion avenae and the mycotoxin-producing fungal pathogen Fusarium graminearum on wheat Ghent University
An Efficient Method for the Extraction of High-Quality Fungal Total RNA to Study the Mycosphaerella fijiensis-Musa spp. Interaction KU Leuven Ghent University
Efficient RNA isolation is a prerequisite for gene expression studies and it has an increasingly important role in the study of plant-fungal pathogen interactions. However, RNA isolation is difficult in filamentous fungi. These organisms are notorious for their rigid cell walls and the presence of high levels of carbohydrates, excreted from the fungal cells during submerged growth, which interferes with the extraction procedures. Although many ...
Role of the fungal toxins cerulenin and helvolic acid in the rice - Sarocladium oryzae interaction Ghent University
Perspectives for a comparative cultural history of the Ostend company interactions in Bengal and China Ghent University
Taking the source material of the Ostend Company's 18th century maritime trading activities into China and Bengal as a vantage point, this article explores its potential for a comparative history on cultural interaction in the Indian Ocean world. It compares how agents from this Company engaged in cultural interaction as a prerequisite for further economic interaction. Beyond a colonial or econocentric approach, it takes an anthropological ...