Fungal-bacterial interaction selects for quorum sensing mutants and a metabolic shift towards the production of natural antifungal compounds
A. G. Albarracin Orio, D. Petras, R. A. Tobares, A. Aksenov, M. Wang, F. Juncosa, P. Sayago, A. J. Moyano, P. C. Dorrestein, A. M. Smania, D. Ducasse
The paper shows that B. subtilis mutants with quorum-sensing mutations produce antifungal ketones instead of surfactins when interacting with the fungus S. terrestris.
bioRxiv · Jan 16, 2020 · PreprintMicrobiology