The mycorrhizal symbiosis: research frontiers in genomics, ecology, and agricultural application

FM Martin, MGA van Der Heijden - New Phytologist, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mycorrhizal symbioses between plants and fungi are vital for the soil structure, nutrient
cycling, plant diversity, and ecosystem sustainability. More than 250 000 plant species are …

Leveraging genomics to understand the broader role of fungal small secreted proteins in niche colonization and nutrition

JM Plett, KL Plett - ISME communications, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The last few years have seen significant advances in the breadth of fungi for which we have
genomic resources and our understanding of the biological mechanisms evolved to enable …

Functional genomics gives new insights into the ectomycorrhizal degradation of chitin

F Maillard, A Kohler, E Morin, C Hossann… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Biogeographic history of a large clade of ectomycorrhizal fungi, the Russulaceae, in the Neotropics and adjacent regions

J Hackel, TW Henkel, PA Moreau, E De Crop… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The biogeography of neotropical fungi remains poorly understood. Here, we reconstruct the
origins and diversification of neotropical lineages in one of the largest clades of …

Comparative genomics reveals a dynamic genome evolution in the ectomycorrhizal milk‐cap (Lactarius) mushrooms

A Lebreton, N Tang, A Kuo, K LaButti… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ectomycorrhizal fungi play a key role in forests by establishing mutualistic symbioses with
woody plants. Genome analyses have identified conserved symbiosis‐related traits among …

Evolutionary innovations through gain and loss of genes in the ectomycorrhizal Boletales

G Wu, S Miyauchi, E Morin, A Kuo, E Drula… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We aimed to identify genomic traits of transitions to ectomycorrhizal ecology within the
Boletales by comparing the genomes of 21 symbiotrophic species with their saprotrophic …

Ectomycorrhizal effects on decomposition are highly dependent on fungal traits, climate, and litter properties: A model-based assessment

S Shao, N Wurzburger, B Sulman, CH Pries - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
It has been proposed that competition between ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi and free-living
saprotrophs for resources like nitrogen (N) slows decomposition and increases the soil …

Stable functional structure despite high taxonomic variability across fungal communities in soils of old-growth montane forests

Q Zeng, A Lebreton, L Auer, X Man, L Jia, G Wang… - Microbiome, 2023 - Springer
Background Major advances over the past decade in molecular ecology are providing
access to soil fungal diversity in forest ecosystems worldwide, but the diverse functions and …

Biocatalyst collection and heterologous expression of sesquiterpene synthases from basidiomycetous fungi: Discovery of a novel sesquiterpene hydrocarbon

N Masunaga, T Kitaoka, H Ichinose - Microbial Biotechnology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Basidiomycetes produce a wide variety of sesquiterpenoids, which attract significant interest
in pharmaceutical and industrial applications. Structural diversification of sesquiterpenoids …

The genome of Lyophyllum shimeji provides insight into the initial evolution of ectomycorrhizal fungal genomes

Y Kobayashi, TF Shibata, H Hirakawa… - DNA …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Mycorrhizae are one of the most fundamental symbioses between plants and fungi, with
ectomycorrhizae being the most widespread in boreal forest ecosystems. Ectomycorrhizal …