How mycorrhizal associations drive plant population and community biology

L Tedersoo, M Bahram, M Zobel - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND All vascular plants associate with fungi and bacteria—the microbiome. Root
associations with mycorrhizal fungi benefit most plants by enhancing their nutrient access …

Current insights into fungal species diversity and perspective on naming the environmental DNA sequences of fungi

B Wu, M Hussain, W Zhang, M Stadler, X Liu, M Xiang - Mycology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The global bio-diversity of fungi has been extensively investigated and their species number
has been estimated. Notably, the development of molecular phylogeny has revealed an …

[HTML][HTML] Unambiguous identification of fungi: where do we stand and how accurate and precise is fungal DNA barcoding?

R Lücking, MC Aime, B Robbertse… - IMA …, 2020 - imafungus.biomedcentral.com
True fungi (Fungi) and fungus-like organisms (eg Mycetozoa, Oomycota) constitute the
second largest group of organisms based on global richness estimates, with around 3 …

[HTML][HTML] Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research

CA Guerra, A Heintz-Buschart, J Sikorski… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Soils harbor a substantial fraction of the world's biodiversity, contributing to many crucial
ecosystem functions. It is thus essential to identify general macroecological patterns related …

Temperature and pH define the realised niche space of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

J Davison, M Moora, M Semchenko… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are a globally distributed group of soil organisms that
play critical roles in ecosystem function. However, the ecological niches of individual AM …

[HTML][HTML] Island biogeography of soil bacteria and fungi: similar patterns, but different mechanisms

S Li, P Wang, Y Chen, MC Wilson, X Yang, C Ma… - The ISME …, 2020 - nature.com
Microbes, similar to plants and animals, exhibit biogeographic patterns. However, in contrast
with the considerable knowledge on the island biogeography of higher organisms, we know …

Extensive sampling of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Taiwan reveals ecology and evolution of predomesticated lineages

TJ Lee, YC Liu, WA Liu, YF Lin, HH Lee… - Genome …, 2022 - genome.cshlp.org
The ecology and genetic diversity of the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae before
human domestication remain poorly understood. Taiwan is regarded as part of this yeast's …

Identifying the 'unidentified'fungi: a global-scale long-read third-generation sequencing approach

L Tedersoo, S Anslan, M Bahram, U Kõljalg… - Fungal Diversity, 2020 - Springer
Molecular identification methods, in particular high-throughput sequencing tools, have
greatly improved our knowledge about fungal diversity and biogeography, but many of the …

Plant functional groups associate with distinct arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities

J Davison, D Garcia de Leon, M Zobel… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The benefits of the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis between plants and fungi are
modulated by the functional characteristics of both partners. However, it is unknown to what …

At the nexus of three kingdoms: the genome of the mycorrhizal fungus Gigaspora margarita provides insights into plant, endobacterial and fungal interactions

F Venice, S Ghignone… - Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As members of the plant microbiota, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF, Glomeromycotina)
symbiotically colonize plant roots. AMF also possess their own microbiota, hosting some …