Primary carbohydrate metabolism plays a special role related to carbon/nitrogen exchange,
as well as metabolic support of fruiting body development, in ectomycorrhizal macrofungi. In …

Fungi employ extracellular enzymes to initiate the degradation of organic macromolecules
into smaller units and to acquire the nutrients for their growth. As such, these enzymes …

There is increasing evidence that some ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi produce key enzymes
required for degradation of plant cell wall components. We examine the evidence for these …

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 …

During a lifetime that can span several hundred years, a tree will be challenged by
generations of parasites and will encounter a host of different limitations related to nutrition …

Mycorrhizal fungi are mutualists that play crucial roles in nutrient acquisition in terrestrial
ecosystems. Mycorrhizal symbioses arose repeatedly across multiple lineages of …

Microbe-microbe interactions are crucial to understand the dynamic processes characteristic
of rhizosphere establishment and maintenance and affecting plant growth and health …

Production of enzymes which degrade plant cell wall macromolecules has been studied in
relatively few ericoid fungal isolates, although these polymers are a major component of the …

Basidiomycete fungi subsist on various types of plant material in diverse environments, from
living and dead trees and forest litter to crops and grasses and to decaying plant matter in …

In ectomycorrhiza, root ingress and colonization of the apoplast by colonizing hyphae is
thought to rely mainly on the mechanical force that results from hyphal tip growth, but this …