mSystems (Oct 2021)

Fungistatic Mechanism of Ammonia against Nematode-Trapping Fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora, and Strategy for This Fungus To Survive Ammonia

  • Tong Liu,
  • Xi Long,
  • Jia-Peng Zhou,
  • Dong-Wei Tian,
  • Yun-He Yang,
  • Cheng-Gang Zou,
  • Jian-Ping Xu,
  • Ming-He Mo,
  • Ke-Qin Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00879-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 5

Abstract

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Soil fungistasis is a phenomenon in which the germination and growth of fungal propagules is widely inhibited in soil. Although fungistatic compounds are known to play important roles in the formation of soil fungistasis, how such compounds act on soil fungi remains little studied.