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ArticlePLoS pathogens2026

The hidden costs of using media to mimic the hosts of Fusarium graminearum: An epigenetic perspectives.

Jade F Smith, Hans-Wilhelm Nuetzmann, Martin Darino, Kim E Hammond-Kosack

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Article in PLoS pathogens, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jade F SmithTranslating Biotic Interactions, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts, United Kingdom.ORCID 0009-0005-5714-5109
Hans-Wilhelm NuetzmannDepartment of Health and Life Sciences, The University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom.
Martin DarinoTranslating Biotic Interactions, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts, United Kingdom.
Kim E Hammond-KosackTranslating Biotic Interactions, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts, United Kingdom.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BB/T008741/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BB/X011003/1Royal Society
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pathogens dynamically reprogrammed gene expression when transitioning between nonhost and host environments. Epigenetic regulation can provide a rapid and reversible mechanism for this shift. Using published data from Shao et al. (2024) and Zhao et al. (2024), we compare chromatin states in the fungus Fusarium graminearum under in vitro trichothecene mycotoxin (deoxynivalenol) inducing conditions and during wheat spike infection. This revealed striking differences in H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 landscapes with the two datasets showing limited overlap in marked genes and distinct genomic distributions. This indicates that chemically induced cultures only partially replicate the complex signals encountered in planta and emphasise the need for infection-reflective experimental designs to accurately characterise pathogenicity mechanisms.

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Culture MediaEpigenesis, GeneticFusariumHost-Pathogen InteractionsPlant DiseasesTriticumGene Expression Regulation, FungalTrichothecenesCulture MediaTrichothecenes

Identifiers

PMID42412868
PMCPMC13340792

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