Nematode-Trapping Fungi Produce Diverse Metabolites during Predator-Prey Interaction.

ABSTRACT: Nematode-trapping fungi are natural antagonists of nematodes. These predatory fungi are capable of switching their lifestyle from a saprophytic to predatory stage in the presence of nematodes by developing specialized trapping devices to capture and consume nematodes. The biochemical mechanisms of such predator-prey interaction have become increasingly studied given the potential application of nematode-trapping fungi as biocontrol agents, but the involved fungal metabolites remain underexplored. Here, we report a comprehensive liquid-chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS) metabolomics study on one hundred wild isolates of nematode-trapping fungi in three different species, Arthrobotrys oligospora, Arthrobotrys thaumasia, and Arthrobotrys musiformis. Molecular networ

SUBMITTER: Kuo TH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7143726 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature