Fusarium species are widespread pathogens on economically important cereals and are of notable impact to human health because they produce mycotoxins. Moreover, accumulation of surface-active proteins in malt causes severe economic losses to breweries because of gushing, the spontaneous over-foaming of carbonated beverages. In this study it could be shown that the hydrophobin FcHyd5p from F. culmorum is a highly surface-active protein with the ability to induce gushing of carbonated beverages. Furthermore, the surface-active protein AfpA as representative of the fungispumins has a significant impact on radial growth, conidial length, and pathogenicity of F. graminearum.
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Fusarium species are widespread pathogens on economically important cereals and are of notable impact to human health because they produce mycotoxins. Moreover, accumulation of surface-active proteins in malt causes severe economic losses to breweries because of gushing, the spontaneous over-foaming of carbonated beverages. In this study it could be shown that the hydrophobin FcHyd5p from F. culmorum is a highly surface-active protein with the ability to induce gushing of carbonated beverages. F...
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