Host-dependent fungus-fungus competition suppresses fungal pathogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana
Pathompitaknukul, K.; Hiruma, K.; Tanaka, H.; Kawamura, N.; Toyoda, A.; Itoh, T.; Saijo, Y.
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Like animals, plants accommodate a rich diversity of microbes, typically without discernible disease symptoms. How their pathogenesis is prevented in the host remains obscure. Here, we show that the root-infecting fungus Colletotrichum fructicola of the C. gloeosporioides clade (CgE), isolated from field-grown healthy Brassicaceae plants, inhibits growth of pathogenic fungi in Arabidopsis thaliana, in a phosphate status-dependent manner. Loss of host ethylene signaling or phytoalexins, camalexin or indole glucosinolates, however, allows CgE to display pathogenesis, suggesting host contributions to endophytic CgE colonization and benefit. Compared to a closely-related C. gloeosporioides pathogen (CgP), CgE is characterized by genome expansion and >700 fungal genes (4.34%) specifically induced in the host roots when co-inoculated with CgP, including genes related to fungal secondary metabolism. This may underlie antimicrobial tolerance of CgE and its dominance over pathogenic fungi within the host, pointing to a role for fungus-fungus competition in asymptomatic fungal colonization in plants.
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