The wheat head blight pathogen Fusarium graminearum recruits facultative endohyphal bacteria from the soil, making the fungal-bacterial holobiont nitrogen-fixing and increasing the fungal pathogenicity
H. Ali, M. Pei, H. Li, W. Fang, H. A. Khan, T. Nadeem, S. Olsson
This study shows that the wheat pathogen Fusarium graminearum can acquire nitrogen-fixing facultative endohyphal bacteria from soil, enhancing its pathogenicity.
bioRxiv · Jun 24, 2022Ecology