Ectomycorrhizal fungi–potential organic matter decomposers, yet not saprotrophs

BD Lindahl, A Tunlid - New Phytologist, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… of ectomycorrhizal fungi in decomposition of soil organic matter … an important factor in the
regulation of soil carbon (C) storage. … ectomycorrhizal fungi have the capacity to oxidize organic

Ectomycorrhizal fungi and the enzymatic liberation of nitrogen from soil organic matter: why evolutionary history matters

PT Pellitier, DR Zak - New Phytologist, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi commonly participate in the enzymatic liberation of nitrogen (N)
from soil organic matter … any lineage of ECM fungi actively expresses extracellular enzymes …

Ectomycorrhizal fungi decompose soil organic matter using oxidative mechanisms adapted from saprotrophic ancestors

F Shah, C Nicolás, J Bentzer, M Ellström… - New …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Ectomycorrhizal fungi are thought to have a key role in mobilizing organic nitrogen that is
trapped in soil organic matter (SOM). However, the extent to which ectomycorrhizal fungi

The soil organic matter decomposition mechanisms in ectomycorrhizal fungi are tuned for liberating soil organic nitrogen

C Nicolás, T Martin-Bertelsen, D Floudas… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
ectomycorrhizal fungi use different decomposition mechanisms to access organic nitrogen
entrapped in soil organic matterground nitrogen quality and the above-ground carbon supply. …

Ectomycorrhizal fungi contribute to soil organic matter cycling in sub-boreal forests

LA Phillips, V Ward, MD Jones - The ISME journal, 2014 - academic.oup.com
ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) and saprotrophic fungi contribute to C cycling in the systems
by soil organic matter (… were identified as belonging to saprotrophic fungi. The EMF hyphae-…

[HTML][HTML] Decomposition of soil organic matter by ectomycorrhizal fungi: mechanisms and consequences for organic nitrogen uptake and soil carbon stabilization

A Tunlid, D Floudas, M Op De Beeck… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
… representing the major compound classes present in organic matter. Soil organic matter
has been extracted with water from the organic soil layer of a Norway spruce stand. This layer …

Soil organic matter decomposition mechanisms in ectomycorrhizal fungi

A Tunlid, D Floudas, R Koide… - Molecular mycorrhizal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
… zal (ECM) fungi in decomposition of soil organic matter was … is “no doubt that mycorrhizal
fungi account for a major fraction … on nutrient assimilation by ECM fungi was focused on mineral …

Independent roles of ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic communities in soil organic matter decomposition

JM Talbot, TD Bruns, DP Smith, S Branco… - Soil Biology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
… of ECM fungi and saprotrophic fungi in the cycling of N-rich, C-rich, and P-rich molecules
through soil organic matter. Enzymatic activity on ECM root tips taken from the same soil cores …

Decay by ectomycorrhizal fungi couples soil organic matter to nitrogen availability

WA Argiroff, DR Zak, PT Pellitier, RA Upchurch… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… , and soil organic matter (SOM) regulate soil carbon (C) … We found that ectomycorrhizal
(ECM) fungi with peroxidases … forests, whereas ligninolytic fungal saprotrophs exhibited no …

Mycorrhizal fungi as mediators of soil organic matter dynamics

SD Frey - Annual review of ecology, evolution, and systematics, 2019 - annualreviews.org
… the unique position that mycorrhizal fungi hold with respect to … mycorrhizal fungi in the
rhizosphere contributes to SOM formation and stabilization through the production of mycorrhizal