Biomimics of fungal cell-cell recognition by use of lectin-coated nylon fibers. |
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| Authors: | J Inbar and I Chet |
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| Affiliation: | Otto Warburg Center for Biotechnology in Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture, Rehovot, Israel. |
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| Abstract: | When the mycoparasitic, biocontrol fungus Trichoderma harzianum was allowed to grow on nylon fibers treated with concanavalin A or Sclerotium rolfsii lectin, it coiled around the nylon fibers and produced hooks in a pattern similar to that observed with the real host hyphae. The incidence of interaction between T. harzianum and S. rolfsii lectin-treated fibers was significantly higher than that of the controls (untreated or blocked activated fibers). These findings provide direct evidence for the role of lectins in mycoparasitism. |
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