# Enhanced surface colonisation and competition during bacterial adaptation to a fungus

*PRI Rank #19 · Topics and Trends in Most Cited Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Papers, Class of 2026*

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Rank | #19 |
| 18m citations | 31 |
| Journal | Nature Communications |
| Year | 2024 |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41467-024-48812-1 |
| Corresponding authors | Ákos T. Kovács |
| Institution | Technical University of Denmark, Denmark |

**Ranking page:** [Topics and Trends in Most Cited Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Papers, Class of 2026](https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/plant-pathogens-and-fungal-diseases/2026)

**Paper link:** [10.1038/s41467-024-48812-1](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48812-1)

## Topics

bacterial-fungal interactions · co-culture experimental evolution · Bacillus subtilis · Aspergillus niger · surfactin · lipopeptide · surface spreading · Fungal growth inhibition · environmental acidification · DegS-DegU two-component system · fungal hyphae bulging · secretory vesicle delocalisation · RlmA-dependent cell wall stress · competitive exclusion · adaptive mutations

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