Pseudomonas shiyinii ST4 inhibits sexual mating of Sporisorium scitamineum through the GacS/GacA two-component system and the mib1 gene cluster
ABSTRACT Sugarcane smut is one of the most devastating fungal diseases affecting sugarcane plantations. The virulence of the causative agent, Sporisorium scitamineum, depends on a process called sexual mating of compatible sporidia MAT-1 and MAT-2 to form infectious dikaryotic hyphae. We previously isolated Pseudomonas...