The absorbing organs (roots, rhizomes) of nearly all terrestrial plant families host an intimate
symbiotic association, called a mycorrhiza, with specialized functional groups of soil fungi …

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are obligate land‐plant fungal symbionts, as well as
extremely ubiquitous, and currently found in nearly all terrestrial ecosystems. In the AM …

Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) is an ancient symbiosis between the majority of land plants and
fungi from the phylum Glomeromycota. Fossil spores from the Ordovician 460 million years …

Max-Planck-Institut für Terrestrische Mikrobiologie, Marburg/Lahn, GermanyGerrit Kuhn
University of Lausanne, Lausanne, SwitzerlandVivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson UMR …

Background The colonization of land and the diversification of terrestrial plants is intimately
linked to the evolutionary history of their symbiotic fungal partners. Extant representatives of …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis is the most widespread mutualistic association. It
concerns 80% of land plants and involves fungi belonging to the phylum Glomeromycota …

Fungi of the order Glomales (Zygomycota) form with the roots of most land plants a
mutualistic symbiosis named arbuscular mycorrhiza (Newman and Reddell 1987; Morton …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are soilborne microorganisms that form a mutualistic symbiotic
association with most land plants. As obligate biotrophs these fungi are unable to complete …

The soil is a complex biotic environment where plant roots are exposed to a myriad of
microbes. It has been estimated that 1 g of soil contains up to 1010–1011 bacteria (Horner …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses occur between fungi and the majority of plant species.
They are important for plant nutrition, plant growth, protection from pathogens, plant …