Bacteria rewire fungal antimicrobial gene expression in microbial arms races
Jinyi Zhu, Fantin Mesny, S Chen, Yukiyo Sato, Anton Kraege, Wilko Punt, Mehrnaz Zaeifi, Saifei Liu, Kathrin Wippel, Stéphane Hacquard, Bart P. H. J. Thomma
The paper shows bacteria suppress fungal antimicrobial gene expression in soil microbiota, reducing fungal colonization and revealing community-level microbial competition.
bioRxiv · May 8, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology