Relationships between plants and nitrogen-related microbes may vary with plant growth. We
investigated these dynamic relationships over three months by analyzing plant functional …

Fungi are organisms of significant importance not only for the crucial roles they undertake in
nature but also for many human activities that are strictly dependent on them. Indeed, fungi …

The aim of this study was to characterize the growth of the fungus Leucoagaricus
gongylophorus LEU18496, isolated from the fungus garden of the nest of leaf cutter ants Atta …

While ants are dominant consumers in terrestrial habitats, only the leafcutters practice
herbivory. Leafcutters do this by provisioning a fungal cultivar (Leucoagaricus …

Climate warming and associated increases in nutrient mineralization may increase the
availability of soil nitrogen (N) in high latitude ecosystems, such as boreal forests. These …

Brown rot fungi are wood-degrading fungi that employ both oxidative and hydrolytic
mechanisms to degrade wood. Hydroxyl radicals that facilitate the oxidative component are …

Background Saprophytic filamentous fungi are ubiquitous micro-organisms that play an
essential role in photosynthetic carbon recycling. The wood-decayer Pycnoporus …

Nitrogen (N) fixation is a driving force for the formation of symbiotic associations between N
2-fixing bacteria and eukaryotes. 1 Limited examples of these associations are known in …

Here, nitrogen (N) uptake and metabolism, and related gene expression, were analyzed in
germinating spores of Glomus intraradices to examine the mechanisms and the regulation of …

Soil microorganisms can control the soil cycles of carbon (C), and depending on their C-use
efficiency (CUE), these microorganisms either contribute to C stabilization in soil or produce …