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SUBMITTER: Rohlfs M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2391202 | biostudies-other | 2007 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Biology letters 20071001 5
The vast repertoire of toxic fungal secondary metabolites has long been assumed to have an evolved protective role against fungivory. It still remains elusive, however, whether fungi contain these compounds as an anti-predator adaptation. We demonstrate that loss of secondary metabolites in the soil mould Aspergillus nidulans causes, under the attack of the fungivorous springtail Folsomia candida, a disadvantage to the fungus. Springtails exhibited a distinct preference for feeding on a mutant d ...[more]