Trichoderma: the genomics of opportunistic success

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2011 · Nature Reviews Microbiology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2689· OSTI ID:1165278

Druzhinina, Irina S.; Seiboth, Verena Seidl; Estrella, Alfredo Herrera; Horwitz, Benjamin A.; Kenerley, Charles M.; Monte, Enrique; Mukherjee, Prasun K.; Zeilinger, Susanne; Grigoriev, Igor V.; Kubicek, Christian P.

Trichoderma is a genus of common filamentous fungi that display a remarkable range of lifestyles and interactions with other fungi, animals and plants. Because of their ability to antagonize plant-pathogenic fungi and to stimulate plant growth and defence responses, some Trichoderma strains are used for biological control of plant diseases. In this Review, we discuss recent advances in molecular ecology and genomics which indicate that the interactions of Trichoderma spp. with animals and plants may have evolved as a result of saprotrophy on fungal biomass (mycotrophy) and various forms of parasitism on other fungi (mycoparasitism), combined with broad environmental opportunism.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1165278
• Report Number(s): LBNL-6776E
• Journal Information: Nature Reviews Microbiology, Vol. 9, Issue 12; ISSN 1740--1526
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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