Editorial: Community Series in Plants and Microbial Communities

Abstract

Magnaporthe oryzae is the most important fungal pathogen of rice (Donofrio et al., 2014). In this Research Topic, one article mentioned that mitochondrial carbonic anhydrase had the function for its conidiogenesis and pathogenesis (Dang et al.). Zhang P. et al. proposed that M. oryzae and C. graminicola belonged to the hemibiotrophic pathogens, and their sporulation and necrotrophic pathogenesis were linked with aspartate transaminase. Moreover, the crude lipopeptide of one Streptomyces strain had biocontrol potential against M. oryzae, and complete genome analysis indicated a number of key functional gene clusters that contribute to the biosynthesis of active secondary metabolites (Liu et al.). Additionally, it was reported that the high osmolarity glycerol of Aspergillus cristatus (Achog1) was present in the reaction during the processes of asexual sporulation, stress responses, and pigmentation.