A previous study from Sicily, Italy, indicated that the dominant Mediterranean seagrass
Posidonia oceanica forms a dark septate endophytic (DSE) association with a lulworthioid …

Posidonia oceanica is the most common, widespread and important monocotyledon
seagrass in the Mediterranean Basin, and hosts a large biodiversity of species, including …

Seagrasses, a small group of submerged marine macrophytes, were reported to lack
mycorrhizae, ie, the root-fungus symbioses most terrestrial plants use for nutrient uptake. On …

Seagrasses provide invaluable ecosystem services yet very little is known about their root
mycobiont diversity and distribution. Here we focused on the dominant Mediterranean …

A significant part of the hitherto unexplored fungal diversity is hidden in the marine
environment. At the same time, plant tissues host endophytic communities often dominated …

Symbioses with fungi are important and ubiquitous on dry land but underexplored in the sea.
As yet only one seagrass has been shown to form a specific root-fungus symbiosis that …

Roots of terrestrial plants host a wide spectrum of soil fungi that form various parasitic,
neutral and mutualistic associations. A similar trend is evident in freshwater aquatic plants …

The presence of endophytic fungi in the roots, rhizomes, and leaves of Posidonia oceanica
was evaluated in different localities of the Sicilian coast. Samples of roots, rhizomes, and …

Aegagropiles are conglomerations of fibre debris from Posidonia oceanica meadows that
are frequently found along Mediterranean beaches, but the plant organ from which these …

Fungi are widely distributed in the Oceans, interact with other organisms and play roles that
range from pathogenic to mutualistic. The present work focuses on the characterization of …