MicrobiologyApplied and Environmental MicrobiologyPeer-reviewed
2'-Deoxyuridine-promoted infection in Pyricularia oryzae is counteracted by bacterial thymidine phosphorylase
Haowei Hu, Hiroka Maeshima, Rikuto Tsukahara…·Ikuo Sato
This study identifies 2'-deoxyuridine as an extracellular factor promoting infection-related development in Pyricularia oryzae and shows that bacterial degradation of dU reduces fungal pathogenicity.