Early branching arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Paraglomus occultum carries a small and repeat-poor genome compared to relatives in the Glomeromycotina

M Malar C, Y Wang, JE Stajich… - Microbial …, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMFs) are obligate root symbionts in the subphylum
Glomeromycotina that can benefit land plants by increasing their soil nutrient uptake in …

A highly contiguous genome assembly reveals sources of genomic novelty in the symbiotic fungus Rhizophagus irregularis

BF Manley, JS Lotharukpong… - G3: Genes …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The root systems of most plant species are aided by the soil-foraging capacities of symbiotic
arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi of the Glomeromycotina subphylum. Despite recent …

[HTML][HTML] In-depth Phylogenomic Analysis of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Based on a Comprehensive Set of de novo Genome Assemblies

M Montoliu-Nerin, M Sánchez-García… - Frontiers in fungal …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Morphological characters and nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA) phylogenies have so far been
the basis of the current classifications of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. Improved …

At the nexus of three kingdoms: the genome of the mycorrhizal fungus Gigaspora margarita provides insights into plant, endobacterial and fungal interactions

F Venice, S Ghignone… - Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As members of the plant microbiota, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF, Glomeromycotina)
symbiotically colonize plant roots. AMF also possess their own microbiota, hosting some …

Genome of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus provides insight into the oldest plant symbiosis

E Tisserant, M Malbreil, A Kuo… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
The mutualistic symbiosis involving Glomeromycota, a distinctive phylum of early diverging
Fungi, is widely hypothesized to have promoted the evolution of land plants during the …

Comparative genomics of Rhizophagus irregularis, R. cerebriforme, R. diaphanus and Gigaspora rosea highlights specific genetic features in Glomeromycotina

E Morin, S Miyauchi, H San Clemente… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Glomeromycotina is a lineage of early diverging fungi that establish arbuscular mycorrhizal
(AM) symbiosis with land plants. Despite their major ecological role, the genetic basis of …

[HTML][HTML] The genome of Geosiphon pyriformis reveals ancestral traits linked to the emergence of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

M Krüger, C Krüger, Y Wang, JE Stajich, J Keller… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)(subphylum Glomeromycotina) 1 are among the most
prominent symbionts and form the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal symbiosis (AMS) with over 70% of …

The ecology and evolution of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

T Helgason, A Fitter - Mycologist, 2005 - Elsevier
The Glomeromycota is the newest fungal phylum. These are the arbuscular mycorrhizal
(AM) fungi that form symbioses with the majority of land plant species. Fossil and molecular …

Studying genome heterogeneity within the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal cytoplasm

E Boon, S Halary, E Bapteste… - Genome Biology and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Although heterokaryons have been reported in nature, multicellular organisms are generally
assumed genetically homogeneous. Here, we investigate the case of arbuscular mycorrhizal …

GlobalAMFungi: a global database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal occurrences from high‐throughput sequencing metabarcoding studies

T Větrovský, Z Kolaříková, C Lepinay… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are crucial mutualistic symbionts of the majority of plant
species, with essential roles in plant nutrient uptake and stress mitigation. The importance of …