Mycosphere Essays 9: Defining biotrophs and hemibiotrophs

• Main Authors: De Silva N., Lumyong S., Hyde K., Bulgakov T., Phillips A., Yan J.
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85007165403&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/42653
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Fungi are ubiquitous and exhibit diverse life-styles. Many exhibit a continuum of life-styles ranging from biotrophy, through to necrotrophy and ultimately to saprotrophy. This paper was initiated to establish a set of definitions for fungal life-styles, in an attempt to achieve better documentation...