Wilko Punt

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

The paper identifies antimicrobial effectors in plant-associated fungi, suggesting they evolved from ancient antimicrobials to manipulate host microbiota and immunity.

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.

The paper develops a gnotobiotic system to study plant-fungal pathogen interactions, showing that specific effector proteins influence virulence and microbiota manipulation.