[HTML][HTML] Large-scale genome sequencing of mycorrhizal fungi provides insights into the early evolution of symbiotic traits

S Miyauchi, E Kiss, A Kuo, E Drula, A Kohler… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Mycorrhizal fungi are mutualists that play crucial roles in nutrient acquisition in terrestrial
ecosystems. Mycorrhizal symbioses arose repeatedly across multiple lineages of …

[HTML][HTML] Convergent losses of decay mechanisms and rapid turnover of symbiosis genes in mycorrhizal mutualists

A Kohler, A Kuo, LG Nagy, E Morin, KW Barry… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
To elucidate the genetic bases of mycorrhizal lifestyle evolution, we sequenced new fungal
genomes, including 13 ectomycorrhizal (ECM), orchid (ORM) and ericoid (ERM) species …

Mycorrhizal ecology and evolution: the past, the present, and the future

MGA van Der Heijden, FM Martin, MA Selosse… - New …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Almost all land plants form symbiotic associations with mycorrhizal fungi. These below‐
ground fungi play a key role in terrestrial ecosystems as they regulate nutrient and carbon …

[HTML][HTML] The genome of Laccaria bicolor provides insights into mycorrhizal symbiosis

F Martin, A Aerts, D Ahrén, A Brun, EGJ Danchin… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
Mycorrhizal symbioses—the union of roots and soil fungi—are universal in terrestrial
ecosystems and may have been fundamental to land colonization by plants,. Boreal …

Unique and common traits in mycorrhizal symbioses

A Genre, L Lanfranco, S Perotto… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Mycorrhizas are among the most important biological interkingdom interactions, as they
involve~ 340,000 land plants and~ 50,000 taxa of soil fungi. In these mutually beneficial …

Harnessing ectomycorrhizal genomics for ecological insights

F Martin, U Nehls - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2009 - Elsevier
The ectomycorrhizal (ECM) symbiosis is increasingly seen as a crucial component for
nutrient cycling in sustainable forest ecosystems. To date, the complete genome sequence …

Focus on mycorrhizal symbioses

R Balestrini, E Lumini - Applied soil ecology, 2018 - Elsevier
A large proportion of the genetic diversity on Earth is represented by fungi. The true
magnitude of fungal diversity has only recently been appreciated thanks to next-generation …

Biology and evolution of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in the light of genomics

L Kamel, M Keller‐Pearson, C Roux, JM Ané - New Phytologist, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi associate with the vast majority of land plants, providing
mutual nutritional benefits and protecting hosts against biotic and abiotic stresses …

Evolution of the mode of nutrition in symbiotic and saprotrophic fungi in forest ecosystems

A Lebreton, Q Zeng, S Miyauchi… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
In this review, we highlight the main insights that have been gathered from recent
developments using large-scale genomics of fungal saprotrophs and symbiotrophs …

Blurred boundaries: lifestyle lessons from ectomycorrhizal fungal genomes

JM Plett, F Martin - Trends in Genetics, 2011 - cell.com
Soils contain a multitude of fungi with vastly divergent lifestyles ranging from saprotrophic to
mutualistic and pathogenic. The recent release of many fungal genomes has led to …