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 …

Sebacinales–one thousand and one interactions with land plants

M Weiß, F Waller, A Zuccaro, MA Selosse - New Phytologist, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Root endophytism and mycorrhizal associations are complex derived traits in fungi that
shape plant physiology. Sebacinales (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota) display highly …

Gene organization of the mating type regions in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor reveals distinct evolution between the two mating type loci

H Niculita‐Hirzel, J Labbé, A Kohler… - New …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
In natural conditions, basidiomycete ectomycorrhizal fungi such as Laccaria bicolor are
typically in the dikaryotic state when forming symbioses with trees, meaning that two …

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 …

Using molecular biology to study mycorrhizal fungal community ecology: Limits and perspectives

PL Chagnon, LD Bainard - Plant signaling & behavior, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Molecular tools have progressively replaced morphological approaches to characterize
microbial communities in nature. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are no exception to this …

Symbiosis-related plant genes modulate molecular responses in an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus during early root interactions

PMA Seddas, CM Arias, C Arnould… - Molecular Plant …, 2009 - Am Phytopath Society
To gain further insight into the role of the plant genome in arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM)
establishment, we investigated whether symbiosis-related plant genes affect fungal gene …

Genetic and genomic glimpses of the elusive arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

L Lanfranco, JPW Young - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2012 - Elsevier
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), which form an ancient and widespread mutualistic
symbiosis with plants, are a crucial but still enigmatic component of the plant microbiome …

Evolutionary priming and transition to the ectomycorrhizal habit in an iconic lineage of mushroom-forming fungi: is preadaptation a requirement?

B Looney, S Miyauchi, E Morin, E Drula, PE Courty… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
The ectomycorrhizal symbiosis is an essential guild of many forested ecosystems and has a
dynamic evolutionary history across kingdom Fungi, having independently evolved from …

Dynamic of the genetic structure of bacterial and fungal communities at different developmental stages of Medicago truncatula Gaertn. cv. Jemalong line J5

C Mougel, P Offre, L Ranjard, T Corberand… - New …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The genetic structure of bacterial and fungal communities was characterized in the
rhizosphere of Medicago truncatula Gaertn. cv. Jemalong line J5 at five developmental …

[PDF][PDF] Synthetic mycorrhizal communities: establishment and functioning

C Thonar - 2009 - research-collection.ethz.ch
Communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) were established in roots of Medicago
truncatula under controlled conditions, using fungal isolates, which have previously been …