I enjoyed teaming with Garima, Francesco and Marnix to write this piece for @newphyt.bsky.social ...
Breaking into nature's secret medicine cabinet: lichens – a biochemical goldmine ready for discovery
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Breaking into nature's secret medicine cabinet: lichens – a biochemical goldmine ready for discovery
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February 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
#OurNewPaper in #Mycorrhiza 👇
Our article "Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis with Tuber spp. Enhances host performances in Pinus and Carya and induces host-specific patterns in defense-related regulation in the leaf transcriptomes" has been published online in Mycorrhiza. Great job Xiaoping!
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Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis with Tuber spp. Enhances host performances in Pinus and Carya and induces host-specific patterns in defense-related regulation in the leaf transcriptomes - Mycorrhiza
Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) colonize roots to establish symbiotic associations with plants. Sporocarps of the EMF Tuber spp. are considered as a delicacy in numerous countries and is a kind of EMF of ...
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September 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
#OurNewPaper in #Mycorrhiza 👇
We are delighted to let you know that your Plants, People, Planet article 'Demystifying Fungal Systematics: A Gateway to Fungal Literacy and Societal/Ecological Relevance Through Familiar Species' has been published on Early View.
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Demystifying fungal systematics: A gateway to fungal literacy and societal/ecological relevance through familiar species
Fungal systematics can feel overwhelming given the vast species diversity within this kingdom, with numerous subgroups at every taxonomic rank. This often creates a disconnect between the undertsnidn...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Pangeneric analyses reveal the divergent genome
evolution and ecologies between morels and truffles
in the Morchellaceae published in
@currentbiology.bsky.social
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Photo: M. Vulgaris (Ph Clowez)
evolution and ecologies between morels and truffles
in the Morchellaceae published in
@currentbiology.bsky.social
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Photo: M. Vulgaris (Ph Clowez)
September 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Just Published: "A Chromosome-Scale Genome Assembly of the Flax Rust Fungus Reveals the Two Unusually Large Effector Proteins, AvrM3 and AvrN," by Jana Sperschneider et al. Learn more: https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-04-25-0047-R
October 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🌿 Excited to share our Primer on fungal endophytes, the elusive members of the fungal kingdom that defy easy classification. Neither pathogens nor symbionts in the strict sense, they challenge how we define ecological guilds. @umr-iam.bsky.social
Fungal endophytes
Organisms are commonly grouped into ecological guilds that reflect their shared resource use and similar ecological roles. The guild concept has been …
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October 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Dauphin et al. assembled a telomere-to-telomere reference genome for an ectomycorrhizal fungus with a large, repeat-rich genome, showing its genome expansion was driven by a few lineage-specific TE families in recent history.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag017
#genome #evolution #TEsky
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag017
#genome #evolution #TEsky
Chromosome-scale Genome Assembly of the Most Abundant Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Cenococcum Geophilum Reveals Massive TE Expansion and RIP Defense Mechanism
Abstract. Transposable elements (TEs) play crucial roles in genome evolution and ecological adaptation in fungi, yet their dynamics in ectomycorrhizal spec
doi.org
February 18, 2026 at 8:01 PM
New online! The biodiversity, genomics, ecology and evolution of mushroom-forming fungi
The biodiversity, genomics, ecology and evolution of mushroom-forming fungi
Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 02 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00107-zMushroom-forming fungi have along evolutionary history and a suite of important ecological roles. This Review highlights advances in understanding of Agaricomycetes evolution and ecology driven by genomic research.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
#OurNewPaper in #PlantPathology @bspp.bsky.social 👇
Congratulations #ElodieMuller, perfect timing with your PhD defense scheduled next Thursday!
Congratulations #ElodieMuller, perfect timing with your PhD defense scheduled next Thursday!
The latent presence of Cryptostroma corticale (causal agent of the sooty bark disease) is widespread among French sycamore maple populations. Host density and water deficit seem to drive the silent spread of the pathogen. See our paper: doi.org/10.1111/ppa.... @umr-iam.bsky.social
Widespread Latent Presence of Cryptostroma corticale in Sycamore Maple in France
Increasing drought events promote forest disease emergence, exemplified by Sooty Bark Disease (SBD) of Acer pseudoplatanus caused by Cryptostroma corticale. Across six French regions, the pathogen wa....
doi.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
#OurNewPaper in #PlantPathology @bspp.bsky.social 👇
Congratulations #ElodieMuller, perfect timing with your PhD defense scheduled next Thursday!
Congratulations #ElodieMuller, perfect timing with your PhD defense scheduled next Thursday!
#OurNewPaper in @plantdiseasej.bsky.social, in collaboration with Renaud Ioos & colleagues 👇
Happy to share our new paper is out in @plantdiseasej.bsky.social:
Development of a new tool to detect Melampsora medusae f. sp. tremuloidae causing rust disease on Populus tremuloides.
#ForestHealth
#TreeHealth
#ForestPathology
#RustFungi
doi.org/10.1094/PDIS...
Development of a new tool to detect Melampsora medusae f. sp. tremuloidae causing rust disease on Populus tremuloides.
#ForestHealth
#TreeHealth
#ForestPathology
#RustFungi
doi.org/10.1094/PDIS...
September 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
#OurNewPaper in @plantdiseasej.bsky.social, in collaboration with Renaud Ioos & colleagues 👇
We found environmental plasticity in Pinus radiata phloem under light limitation and foliar pathogenic infection, with a reduction in phloem cross-sectional area. Have a look here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... a collaboration between New Zealand and @umr-iam.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
#Fungi are often classed according to their feeding habits as either feeding on decaying material, like wood, or living in mycorrhizal association with plants.
Francis Martin and Hao Tan reveal that we need to think about this dichotomy as a continuum. www.cell.com/current-biol...
Francis Martin and Hao Tan reveal that we need to think about this dichotomy as a continuum. www.cell.com/current-biol...
Saprotrophy-to-symbiosis continuum in fungi
Fungi exhibit diverse ecological functions. Martin and Tan describe and trace the
evolution of saprotrophy and symbiosis in fungi, showing that fungi in nature occupy
a continuum between these nutriti...
www.cell.com
June 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
#OurNewPaper from Cindy Morris, Research Director
#PseudomonasSyringae #biocontrol
🔗 discover her portrait on our website : eng-pathologie-vegetale.paca.hub.inrae.fr/directory-co...
#PseudomonasSyringae #biocontrol
🔗 discover her portrait on our website : eng-pathologie-vegetale.paca.hub.inrae.fr/directory-co...
While trying to make a formulation of tartartic acid that sticks to leaves for control of plant patho bacteria, we made a nice litte discovery about the mode of action of carboxylic acids on bacteria.
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Chitosan and carboxylic acids, impact on membrane permeability and DNA integrity of Pseudomonas syringae: interest for biocontrol applications - Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture
Background Pseudomonas syringae causes major damage to a wide variety of plants and is a good model for antibacterial activity assessment. It is important to understand to the fullest extent the mecha...
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June 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
#OurNewPaper from Cindy Morris, Research Director
#PseudomonasSyringae #biocontrol
🔗 discover her portrait on our website : eng-pathologie-vegetale.paca.hub.inrae.fr/directory-co...
#PseudomonasSyringae #biocontrol
🔗 discover her portrait on our website : eng-pathologie-vegetale.paca.hub.inrae.fr/directory-co...
#OurNewPaper in #Ticks-and-Tick-Borne-Diseases 👇
Jonas Durand et al. Distribution of #tick-borne #microorganisms in human-biting #ticks in France collected through a #Citizen-science program
#CiTIQUE
doi.org/10.1016/j.tt...
Jonas Durand et al. Distribution of #tick-borne #microorganisms in human-biting #ticks in France collected through a #Citizen-science program
#CiTIQUE
doi.org/10.1016/j.tt...
March 11, 2026 at 5:08 PM
#OurNewPaper in #Ticks-and-Tick-Borne-Diseases 👇
Jonas Durand et al. Distribution of #tick-borne #microorganisms in human-biting #ticks in France collected through a #Citizen-science program
#CiTIQUE
doi.org/10.1016/j.tt...
Jonas Durand et al. Distribution of #tick-borne #microorganisms in human-biting #ticks in France collected through a #Citizen-science program
#CiTIQUE
doi.org/10.1016/j.tt...
#OurNewPaper in @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
Congrats Emma Corre, Emmanuelle Morin, @sebbyrust.bsky.social & @ccilelorrain.bsky.social
Congrats Emma Corre, Emmanuelle Morin, @sebbyrust.bsky.social & @ccilelorrain.bsky.social
Dive into the massive genomes of plant pathogenic rust fungi! 🌿🍄
Our study reveals how ancestral & recent bursts of transposition have shaped these remarkable genomes.
👏 Congrats to @Emma______C on her 1st PhD paper!
🙌 @SebbyRust, Emmanuelle Morin
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Our study reveals how ancestral & recent bursts of transposition have shaped these remarkable genomes.
👏 Congrats to @Emma______C on her 1st PhD paper!
🙌 @SebbyRust, Emmanuelle Morin
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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January 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
#OurNewPaper in @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
Congrats Emma Corre, Emmanuelle Morin, @sebbyrust.bsky.social & @ccilelorrain.bsky.social
Congrats Emma Corre, Emmanuelle Morin, @sebbyrust.bsky.social & @ccilelorrain.bsky.social
🧵 New paper out in @PlantPhysiology! We asked: how do trees talk to their fungal partners during ectomycorrhizal symbiosis? Turns out, tiny secreted peptides play a big role. 1/
Read the full paper here 👇
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Read the full paper here 👇
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Poplar CLE peptides promoting ectomycorrhizal symbiosis identified through genome-wide analysis of responsive small secreted peptides
Trees use CLAVATA3/EMBRYO SURROUNDING REGION-related (CLE) peptides to promote ectomycorrhizal symbiosis, revealing an additional regulatory layer in tree–
academic.oup.com
February 24, 2026 at 2:12 PM
#OurNewPaper in #JHazardMater:
Carla Vandekerkhove et al. 2025. Dissecting the mechanisms of copper-azole wood preservatives detoxification by ligninolytic fungi
doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
@melmorel-rouhier.bsky.social @rodnay.bsky.social @gpandharikar.bsky.social
Carla Vandekerkhove et al. 2025. Dissecting the mechanisms of copper-azole wood preservatives detoxification by ligninolytic fungi
doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
@melmorel-rouhier.bsky.social @rodnay.bsky.social @gpandharikar.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
#OurNewPaper in #JHazardMater:
Carla Vandekerkhove et al. 2025. Dissecting the mechanisms of copper-azole wood preservatives detoxification by ligninolytic fungi
doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
@melmorel-rouhier.bsky.social @rodnay.bsky.social @gpandharikar.bsky.social
Carla Vandekerkhove et al. 2025. Dissecting the mechanisms of copper-azole wood preservatives detoxification by ligninolytic fungi
doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
@melmorel-rouhier.bsky.social @rodnay.bsky.social @gpandharikar.bsky.social
Another fine outcome of my long-standing collaboration with Zhilin Yuan and Long Peng at RISF in Hangzhou:
Endophytes with mycorrhizal potentials: biological and ecological implications - New Phytologist
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Endophytes with mycorrhizal potentials: biological and ecological implications - New Phytologist
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November 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#OurNewPaper copublished with @clara-inrae.bsky.social
After many years in the making, here is our host range #phage paper with #ecology, #evolution and #biocontrol perspectives published in Molecular Ecology! @phimresearch.bsky.social @inrae-pv.bsky.social #PVBMT #JulianGarneau onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
These are our key findings:
These are our key findings:
A Phylogenetic Host‐Range Index Reveals Ecological Constraints in Phage Specialisation and Virulence
Phages are typically known for having a limited host range, targeting particular strains within a bacterial species, but accurately measuring their specificity remains challenging. Factors like the g...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
#OurNewPaper copublished with @clara-inrae.bsky.social
#OurNewPaper in #BMCMicrobiol 👇
Cintia Blanco Nouche et al.
Phosphate availability modulates the weathering effectiveness and molecular response of Caballeronia mineralivorans PML1(12)
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
Cintia Blanco Nouche et al.
Phosphate availability modulates the weathering effectiveness and molecular response of Caballeronia mineralivorans PML1(12)
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
September 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
#OurNewPaper in #BMCMicrobiol 👇
Cintia Blanco Nouche et al.
Phosphate availability modulates the weathering effectiveness and molecular response of Caballeronia mineralivorans PML1(12)
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
Cintia Blanco Nouche et al.
Phosphate availability modulates the weathering effectiveness and molecular response of Caballeronia mineralivorans PML1(12)
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#OurNewpaper #JournalBiogeography : Origin, divergence and migration routes of psyllids of the Cacopsylla pruni complex (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) inferred by approximate bayesian computation methods. Collaboration @phimresearch.bsky.social
🔗https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.15177
🔗https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.15177
July 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
#OurNewpaper #JournalBiogeography : Origin, divergence and migration routes of psyllids of the Cacopsylla pruni complex (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) inferred by approximate bayesian computation methods. Collaboration @phimresearch.bsky.social
🔗https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.15177
🔗https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.15177
#OurNewPaper in @pplplantarum.bsky.social
The Expanded LYR Motif-Containing Protein Family in Archaeplastida
doi.org/10.1111/ppl....
The Expanded LYR Motif-Containing Protein Family in Archaeplastida
doi.org/10.1111/ppl....
September 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
#OurNewPaper in @pplplantarum.bsky.social
The Expanded LYR Motif-Containing Protein Family in Archaeplastida
doi.org/10.1111/ppl....
The Expanded LYR Motif-Containing Protein Family in Archaeplastida
doi.org/10.1111/ppl....
#OurNewPaper The replicative fitness and virulence of potato #virus Y evolve differently in pepper lines with different levels of resistance and tolerance. Information on the potential durability of quantitative resistance and tolerance to PVY in pepper.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.002208
🔗https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.002208
February 16, 2026 at 7:52 AM
#OurNewPaper The replicative fitness and virulence of potato #virus Y evolve differently in pepper lines with different levels of resistance and tolerance. Information on the potential durability of quantitative resistance and tolerance to PVY in pepper.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.002208
🔗https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.002208
#OurNewPaper Isolation and identification of the xerophilic fungus Wallemia mellicola from 🇩🇿Algerian🌴date-palm fruits (Phoenix dactylifera). New fungus involved in #Post-harvest deterioration of fruits: brown spots, unpleasant odors #PlantPathology
🔗https://asjp.cerist.dz/index.php/en/article/287561
🔗https://asjp.cerist.dz/index.php/en/article/287561
March 2, 2026 at 12:25 PM
#OurNewPaper Isolation and identification of the xerophilic fungus Wallemia mellicola from 🇩🇿Algerian🌴date-palm fruits (Phoenix dactylifera). New fungus involved in #Post-harvest deterioration of fruits: brown spots, unpleasant odors #PlantPathology
🔗https://asjp.cerist.dz/index.php/en/article/287561
🔗https://asjp.cerist.dz/index.php/en/article/287561
#OurNewPaper in #Antioxidants: Zhichao Liu, Nicolas Rouhier & Jérémy Couturier, 2025. Dual roles of reducing systems in protein persulfidation and depersulfidation
doi.org/10.3390/anti...
doi.org/10.3390/anti...
Dual Roles of Reducing Systems in Protein Persulfidation and Depersulfidation
The oxidative modification of specific cysteine residues to persulfides is thought to be the main way by which hydrogen sulfide (H2S) exerts its biological and signaling functions. Therefore, protein ...
doi.org
January 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
#OurNewPaper in #Antioxidants: Zhichao Liu, Nicolas Rouhier & Jérémy Couturier, 2025. Dual roles of reducing systems in protein persulfidation and depersulfidation
doi.org/10.3390/anti...
doi.org/10.3390/anti...