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Bacterial endosymbionts of beneficial soil fungi protect their hosts against micropredators such as fungivorous nematodes with a cytotoxic benzolactone.
We now found that the anthelminthic effect is boosted with a biosurfactant named symbiosin. Although this compound resembles some fungal metabolites, it is also produced by endofungal bacteria.
Our first paper in 2023 🥳
OA in Chemical Science
🔗 http://ow.ly/zBNg50LZazP
#ChemBioSys #NRPS #biosynthesis #lipopeptide #NaturalProducts #symbiosis