Natural resorcylic lactones derived from alternariol

• Joachim Podlech

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2171–2207, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.187

• discussed resorcylic lactones) are predominantly, but by far not exclusively, isolated from Alternaria spp., especially from Alternaria alternata. The genus Alternaria in the family Pleosporaceae (Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota) belongs to the fungi imperfecti and all species are known as plant

Chemical and biosynthetic potential of Penicillium shentong XL-F41

• Ran Zou,
• Xin Li,
• Xiaochen Chen,
• Yue-Wei Guo and
• Baofu Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 597–606, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.52

• terpene alkaloid; natural products; Penicillium; structure elucidation; Introduction Penicillium, a genus within the Ascomycota phylum, is a type of critical saprophytic fungus with over 400 strains identified in diverse environments such as mountains, oceans, and the human gut [1]. After the first

Natural products in the predatory defence of the filamentous fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

• Jana M. Boysen,
• Nauman Saeed and
• Falk Hillmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1814–1827, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.124

• molecules like non-ribosomal peptides (NRP), polyketides (PK), terpenes or indole alkaloids [10][11]. The vast majority of fungal BGCs is found in the genomes of members of the Basidiomycota and Ascomycota including the genus Penicillium in which the first BGC was identified in 1990 [12][13][14

Volatile emission and biosynthesis in endophytic fungi colonizing black poplar leaves

• Christin Walther,
• Pamela Baumann,
• Katrin Luck,
• Beate Rothe,
• Peter H. W. Biedermann,
• Jonathan Gershenzon,
• Tobias G. Köllner and
• Sybille B. Unsicker

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1698–1711, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.118

• -insect interactions. Keywords: Ascomycota; Cladosporium; Salicaceae; terpene synthases; volatile organic compound (VOC); Introduction Plant volatile organic compounds (VOCs) can mediate plant–insect, plant–microbe, and plant–plant interactions [1][2][3][4]. The constitutive and herbivore-induced

• , Cladosporium, Fusarium, Sordaria, and Stemphylium (Table 1). One unidentified species was also included in the volatile analysis. All the identified fungi belong to the Ascomycota, the largest fungal phylum. Endophytic fungi emit typical plant VOCs Altogether, we detected 77 volatile compounds in the

• (14) (Figure 2). Two terpene synthases from Cladosporium sp. are not closely related to each other To investigate the phylogenetic relationships of CxTPS1 and CxTPS2 from Cladosporium sp. to other known terpene synthases from plant-associated Ascomycota that exhibit a pathogenic, endophytic or

Volatiles from the tropical ascomycete Daldinia clavata (Hypoxylaceae, Xylariales)

• Tao Wang,
• Kathrin I. Mohr,
• Marc Stadler and
• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 135–147, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.9

• . The Xylariales (class Sordariomycetes) is one of the largest orders of Ascomycota and comprises several thousands of microscopic fungi, as well as numerous “macromycetes” that may produce conspicuous fruiting bodies (stromata) [13]. The Xylariaceae remain the largest family of this order, even though

Natural products from microbes associated with insects

• Christine Beemelmanns,
• Huijuan Guo,
• Maja Rischer and
• Michael Poulsen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 314–327, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.34

• challenged by invading fungal species such as Escovopsis, Fusarium, and Trichoderma (Ascomycota). To clean the garden, ants apply mechanical grooming [71] and secrete antimicrobial compounds, such as 3-hydroxydecanoic acid, from their metapleural glands [72]. As a second line of defense, the ants are

• . Fungus-growing beetles Bark beetles like the Southern Pine beetles (Dendroctonus frontalis) are responsible for widespread destruction of trees in parts of the United States [64]. They engage in an obligate symbiosis with the fungus Entomocorticium sp. A (Ascomycota), which serves as nutrition for the