Jinyi Zhu

This study identifies antimicrobial activity as the conserved core function of fungal cerato-platanins, showing how these proteins evolved from ancient antimicrobials to manipulate host interactions.

The paper shows bacteria suppress fungal antimicrobial gene expression in soil microbiota, reducing fungal colonization and revealing community-level microbial competition.

The paper shows that the antimicrobial effector Ave1 from Verticillium dahliae affects tomato microbiota assembly and virulence across different soils.

The paper identifies Av2, an effector protein from Verticillium dahliae, which suppresses the plant's 'cry for help' by inhibiting antagonistic Pseudomonas bacteria recruitment.