RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Papapostolou, Ioannis A1 Georgiou, Christos D.YR 2010 T1 Superoxide radical induces sclerotial differentiation in filamentous phytopathogenic fungi: a superoxide dismutase mimetics study JF Microbiology, VO 156 IS 3 SP 960 OP 966 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.034579-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2080, AB This study shows that the superoxide radical (O2 •−), a direct indicator of oxidative stress, is involved in the differentiation of the phytopathogenic filamentous fungi Rhizoctonia solani, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Sclerotium rolfsii and Sclerotinia minor, shown by using superoxide dismutase (SOD) mimetics to decrease their sclerotial differentiation. The production rate of O2 •− and SOD levels in these fungi, as expected, were significantly lowered by the SOD mimetics, with concomitant decrease of the indirect indicator of oxidative stress, lipid peroxidation., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.034579-0