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Phytopathogenic Cercosporoid Fungi—From Taxonomy to Modern Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Phytopathogenic cercosporoid fungi have been investigated comprehensively due to their important role in causing plant diseases. A significant amount of research has been focused on the biology, morphology, systematics, and taxonomy of this group, with less of a focus on molecular or biochemical iss...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7697478/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33202799 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21228555 |
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author | Świderska-Burek, Urszula Daub, Margaret E. Thomas, Elizabeth Jaszek, Magdalena Pawlik, Anna Janusz, Grzegorz |
author_facet | Świderska-Burek, Urszula Daub, Margaret E. Thomas, Elizabeth Jaszek, Magdalena Pawlik, Anna Janusz, Grzegorz |
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description | Phytopathogenic cercosporoid fungi have been investigated comprehensively due to their important role in causing plant diseases. A significant amount of research has been focused on the biology, morphology, systematics, and taxonomy of this group, with less of a focus on molecular or biochemical issues. Early and extensive research on these fungi focused on taxonomy and their classification based on in vivo features. Lately, investigations have mainly addressed a combination of characteristics such as morphological traits, host specificity, and molecular analyses initiated at the end of the 20th century. Some species that are important from an economic point of view have been more intensively investigated by means of genetic and biochemical methods to better understand the pathogenesis processes. Cercosporin, a photoactivated toxin playing an important role in Cercospora diseases, has been extensively studied. Understanding cercosporin toxicity in relation to reactive oxygen species (ROS) production facilitated the discovery and regulation of the cercosporin biosynthesis pathway, including the gene cluster encoding pathway enzymes. Furthermore, these fungi may be a source of other biotechnologically important compounds, e.g., industrially relevant enzymes. This paper reviews methods and important results of investigations of this group of fungi addressed at different levels over the years. |
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spelling | pubmed-76974782020-11-29 Phytopathogenic Cercosporoid Fungi—From Taxonomy to Modern Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Świderska-Burek, Urszula Daub, Margaret E. Thomas, Elizabeth Jaszek, Magdalena Pawlik, Anna Janusz, Grzegorz Int J Mol Sci Review Phytopathogenic cercosporoid fungi have been investigated comprehensively due to their important role in causing plant diseases. A significant amount of research has been focused on the biology, morphology, systematics, and taxonomy of this group, with less of a focus on molecular or biochemical issues. Early and extensive research on these fungi focused on taxonomy and their classification based on in vivo features. Lately, investigations have mainly addressed a combination of characteristics such as morphological traits, host specificity, and molecular analyses initiated at the end of the 20th century. Some species that are important from an economic point of view have been more intensively investigated by means of genetic and biochemical methods to better understand the pathogenesis processes. Cercosporin, a photoactivated toxin playing an important role in Cercospora diseases, has been extensively studied. Understanding cercosporin toxicity in relation to reactive oxygen species (ROS) production facilitated the discovery and regulation of the cercosporin biosynthesis pathway, including the gene cluster encoding pathway enzymes. Furthermore, these fungi may be a source of other biotechnologically important compounds, e.g., industrially relevant enzymes. This paper reviews methods and important results of investigations of this group of fungi addressed at different levels over the years. MDPI 2020-11-13 /pmc/articles/PMC7697478/ /pubmed/33202799 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21228555 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Świderska-Burek, Urszula Daub, Margaret E. Thomas, Elizabeth Jaszek, Magdalena Pawlik, Anna Janusz, Grzegorz Phytopathogenic Cercosporoid Fungi—From Taxonomy to Modern Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
title | Phytopathogenic Cercosporoid Fungi—From Taxonomy to Modern Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
title_full | Phytopathogenic Cercosporoid Fungi—From Taxonomy to Modern Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
title_fullStr | Phytopathogenic Cercosporoid Fungi—From Taxonomy to Modern Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
title_full_unstemmed | Phytopathogenic Cercosporoid Fungi—From Taxonomy to Modern Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
title_short | Phytopathogenic Cercosporoid Fungi—From Taxonomy to Modern Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
title_sort | phytopathogenic cercosporoid fungi—from taxonomy to modern biochemistry and molecular biology |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7697478/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33202799 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21228555 |
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