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Structure, genetics and function of an exopolysaccharide produced by a bacterium living within fungal hyphae.
Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology - 9 Feb 2015
Uzum Zerrin, Silipo Alba, Lackner Gerald, De Felice Antonia, Molinaro Antonio, Hertweck Christian
Abstract excerpt
The rice seedling blight fungus Rhizopus microsporus has an unusual symbiosis with a bacterium, Burkholderia rhizoxinica, which lives within the fungal cytosol and produces a potent phytotoxin that causes severe losses in agriculture. To gain insight into symbiosis factors we investigated the endosymbiont's exopolysaccharide (EPS), a secreted matrix that plays pivotal roles in mediating cell-environment...
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