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Annual Review of Microbiology

Volume 76, 2022

My Personal Journey from the Fascination for Phages to a Tumor-Inducing Fungal Pathogen of Corn

Abstract

My path in science began with a fascination for microbiology and phages and later involved a switch of subjects to the fungus and how it causes disease in maize. I will not provide a review of my work but rather focus on decisive findings, serendipitous, lucky moments when major advances made the –maize system what it is now—a well-established model for biotrophic fungi. I also want to share with you the joy of finding the needle in a haystack at the very end of my scientific career, a fungal structure likely used for effector delivery, and how we were able to translate this into a potential application in agriculture.

Keyword(s): autobiography, phage, plant-pathogenic fungi, recombination, secreted effectors, Ustilago maydis, virulence
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My Personal Journey from the Fascination for Phages to a Tumor-Inducing Fungal Pathogen of Corn
Annual Review of Microbiology 76, 1 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-micro-121721-111032
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