Fatal attraction of Caenorhabditis elegans to predatory fungi through 6-methyl-salicylic acid

Xi Yu; Xiaodi Hu; Maria Pop; Nicole Wernet; Frank Kirschhöfer; Gerald Brenner-Weiß; Julia Keller; Mirko Bunzel; Reinhard Fischer

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25535-1

Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Fatal attraction of Caenorhabditis elegans to predatory fungi through 6-methyl-salicylic acid

Xi Yu,
Xiaodi Hu,
Maria Pop,
Nicole Wernet,
Frank Kirschhöfer,
Gerald Brenner-Weiß,
Julia Keller,
Mirko Bunzel,
Reinhard Fischer

Affiliations

Xi Yu: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Institute of Applied Biosciences, Department of Microbiology, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4
Xiaodi Hu: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Institute of Applied Biosciences, Department of Microbiology, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4
Maria Pop: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Institute of Applied Biosciences, Department of Microbiology, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4
Nicole Wernet: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Institute of Applied Biosciences, Department of Microbiology, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4
Frank Kirschhöfer: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - North Campus, Institute of Functional Interfaces, Department of Bioengineering and Biosystems
Gerald Brenner-Weiß: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - North Campus, Institute of Functional Interfaces, Department of Bioengineering and Biosystems
Julia Keller: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Institute of Applied Biosciences, Department of Food Chemistry and Phytochemistry, Adenauerring 20 A
Mirko Bunzel: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Institute of Applied Biosciences, Department of Food Chemistry and Phytochemistry, Adenauerring 20 A
Reinhard Fischer: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Institute of Applied Biosciences, Department of Microbiology, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25535-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Methyl salicylate ester is a plant metabolite involved in plant-insect and plant-plant interactions. Here, Yu et al. show that a nematode-trapping fungus has potential to produce a related compound, 6-methyl salicylate, which attracts its prey (nematodes) and modulates spore germination and trap formation in the fungus.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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