Interactions between co-habitating fungi elicit synthesis of Taxol from an endophytic fungus in host Taxus plants
Within a plant, there can exist an ecosystem of pathogens and endophytes, the latter described as bacteria and fungal inhabitants that thrive without causing disease to the host. Interactions between microbial inhabitants represent a novel area of study for natural products research. Here we analyze...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00003/full |