Soil organisms drive major ecosystem functions by mineralising carbon and releasing
nutrients during decomposition processes, which supports plant growth, aboveground …

Fungi are morphologically, ecologically, metabolically, and phylogenetically diverse. They
are known to produce numerous bioactive molecules, which makes them very useful for …

In forest ecosystems, ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi play a central role in the
breakdown of soil organic matter (SOM). Competition between these two fungal guilds has …

In the fungal kingdom, the ectomycorrhizal (EcM) symbiosis has evolved independently in
multiple groups that are referred to as lineages. A growing number of molecular studies in …

Background Seedling recruitment is essential to the sustainability of any plant population.
Due to the minute nature of seeds and early-stage seedlings, orchid germination in situ was …

The ectomycorrhizal (EcM) symbiosis involves a large number of plant and fungal taxa
worldwide. During studies on EcM diversity, numerous misidentifications, and contradictory …

The Amazon basin harbors a diverse ecological community that has a critical role in the
maintenance of the biosphere. Although plant and animal communities have received much …

The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the nuclear ribosomal repeat unit is the most
popular locus for species identification and subgeneric phylogenetic inference in sequence …

The fungal symbionts forming ectomycorrhizas, as well as their associated bacteria, benefit
forest trees in a number of ways although the most important is enhancing soil nutrient …

Background DNA sequences are increasingly seen as one of the primary information
sources for species identification in many organism groups. Such approaches, popularly …