Fungal highway and bacterial toll

Author:

Norio Takeshita

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University of Tsukuba Microbiology Research Center for Sustainability, MiCS, Tsukuba, Japan

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15th European Conference on Fungal Genetics 2020

Date: 21 June 2020

Abstract:

Microbes ubiquitously live in nearly every ecological niche. Different species coexist in certain habitats and share available metabolites. A novel mutualistic growth mechanism is discovered between models of filamentous fungus and bacteria, Aspergillus nidulans and Bacillus subtilis. The bacterial cells move faster along fungal highway and disperse farther on fugal growth, while bacterial cells deliver thiamine to tips of fungal hyphae and support the fungal growth. The simultaneous spatial and metabolic interactions indicate a mutualism that facilitates the bacterial-fungal species to compete for environmental niche and nutrient respectively. The bacterial cells move along fungal highway and pay thiamine as a toll to extend fungal highway. An example of co-isolated bacterial- fungal species from nature supports the ecological relevance of the mutualistic interaction. 

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