The potential of endophytes, particularly endophytic fungi, capable of demonstrating
desirable functional traits worth exploitation using red biotechnology is well established …

Highlights•Efficiency of host colonization depends on microbe–microbe interactions.•
Eukaryotic symbionts induce biofilm formation.•Generalist communities depend on …

Common mycorrhizal networks (CMN s) of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in the soil
simultaneously provide multiple host plants with nutrients, but the mechanisms by which the …

Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis is omnipresent in boreal forests, where it is assumed to benefit
plant growth. However, experiments show inconsistent benefits for plants and volatility of …

It has been argued that cooperative behavior in the plant-mycorrhizal mutualism resembles
trade in a market economy and can be understood using economic tools. Here, we assess …

Not only animals, plants and microbes but also humans cooperate in groups. The evolution
of cooperation in a group is an evolutionary puzzle, because defectors always obtain a …

Radula marginata and Cannabis sativa L. are two phylogenetically unrelated plant species
containing structurally similar secondary metabolites like cannabinoids. The major objective …

Conventional wisdom considers the mycorrhizal symbiosis as mutualistic because both the
mycorrhizal fungus and the mycorrhizal plant potentially benefit from the exchange of …

The tree of life is filled with examples of multi-partner mutualisms, in which one guild of
organisms interacts with one or multiple other species for mutual benefit. How are these …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi exchange soil nutrients for carbon from plant hosts. Empirical
works suggests that hosts may selectively provide resources to different fungal species …