Ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungi play a crucial role in the mineral nitrogen (N) nutrition of their
host trees. While it has been proposed that several EcM species also mobilize organic N …

Chitin is one of the most abundant nitrogen-containing polymers in forest soil. Ability of
ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi to utilize chitin may play a key role in the EM symbiosis nutrition …

Ectomycorrhizal fungal tissues comprise a significant forest‐litter pool. Ectomycorrhizal (EM)
fungi may also influence the decomposition of other forest‐litter components via competitive …

Increasing nitrogen (N) deposition often tends to negatively impact the functions of
belowground ectomycorrhizal networks, although the exact molecular mechanisms …

The nitrogen (N) content of wood is usually suboptimal for fungal colonization. During
decomposition of wood, an increasing fraction of the N becomes incorporated into fungal …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi lack efficient exoenzymes to access organic nutrients
directly. Nevertheless, the fungi often obtain and further channel to their host plants a …

Recent advances in molecular methods have increased our understanding of various fungal
symbioses. However, little is known about genomic and microbiome features of most …

Mineral nitrogen (N) is a major nutrient showing strong fluctuations in the environment due
to anthropogenic activities. The acquisition and translocation of N to forest trees are …

Chitin is the second most abundant natural biopolymer and the main structural component of
invertebrate exoskeletons and cell walls of filamentous fungi. Fungal chitinases have …

Symbiosis between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, involving great majority of
extant plant species including most crops, is heavily implicated in plant mineral nutrition …