Jonathan Gershenzon

The paper shows that symbiotic yeasts in bark beetles convert tree defenses into antimicrobial compounds that protect the beetles.

This study identifies a mandibular mycetangium in the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus that facilitates the transmission of mutualistic fungi.

The paper shows that Pseudomonas uses SaxA to detoxify plant isothiocyanates, enabling a commensal to thrive and suppress Pseudomonas virulence.

This study shows that pathogen virulence factors can indirectly benefit commensals through nutrient competition, limiting pathogen growth in plant leaves.

This study shows that plant diversity affects the metabolome of Plantago lanceolata through both plastic and adaptive responses, with soil history enhancing these effects.

The paper examines how plant diversity affects volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions at species and community levels using experimental plant communities.

This study shows that removing the C-terminal regulatory domain of IPMS in plants disrupts leucine homeostasis by enabling pathway intermediates to inhibit IPMS activity.

The paper shows that structural variations in glucosinolates affect bacterial community recruitment in Arabidopsis thaliana, with allyl-GLS enriching Burkholderiales bacteria.

The paper identifies biosynthetic genes and pathways for phenylphenalenones and linear diarylheptanoid derivatives in Musella lasiocarpa using transcriptomics and biochemical assays.

The paper shows that the giant duckweed has extremely low genetic diversity due to its exceptionally low mutation rate despite a large population size.

This study identifies BasR as a regulatory node mediating bacterial-induced chromatin modifications and activation of secondary metabolism in fungi.