ERC Starting Grant · 2023
Tracing single-cell scale chemical signaling between interacting soil fungi
Multiple species of fungi co-exist in soils and play an important role in biogeochemical cycles. To survive in a resource limited environment, they have developed the means for interspecific communication and warfare via an arsenal of secreted secondary metabolites. Specific ecological role of those metabolites and the extent to which they affect biogeochemical cycling during fungal interactions remains unknown. Because they are secreted and act at a single-cell scale, tracing them ‘then and there’ can aid in identifying potential triggers for their production and clarifying their function. Currently used methods have either insufficient resolution or are destructive, and are not suitable…
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