Microbial storage and its implications for soil ecology

K Mason-Jones, SL Robinson, GF Veen… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Organisms throughout the tree of life accumulate chemical resources, in particular forms or
compartments, to secure their availability for future use. Here we review microbial storage …

Importance of molecular data to identify fungal plant pathogens and guidelines for pathogenicity testing based on Koch's postulates

CS Bhunjun, AJL Phillips, RS Jayawardena… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fungi are an essential component of any ecosystem, but they can also cause mild and
severe plant diseases. Plant diseases are caused by a wide array of fungal groups that …

The numbers of fungi: is the descriptive curve flattening?

KD Hyde, R Jeewon, YJ Chen, CS Bhunjun… - Fungal Diversity, 2020 - Springer
The recent realistic estimate of fungal numbers which used various algorithms was between
2.2 and 3.8 million. There are nearly 100,000 accepted species of Fungi and fungus-like …

Significance of precise documentation of hosts and geospatial data of fungal collections, with an emphasis on plant-associated fungi

AR Rathnayaka, DS Tennakoon… - New Zealand Journal …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In taxonomy, precision of species collection data is a cornerstone for advancing research
and its diverse applications. Despite the widespread recognition of the significance of these …

Enzymes, manganese, or iron? Drivers of oxidative organic matter decomposition in soils

ME Jones, RE LaCroix, J Zeigler, SC Ying… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Oxidative decomposition of soil organic matter determines the proportion of carbon that is
either stored or emitted to the atmosphere as CO2. Full conversion of organic matter to CO2 …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal extracellular polymeric substance matrices–highly specialized microenvironments that allow fungi to control soil organic matter decomposition …

MO De Beeck, P Persson, A Tunlid - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Filamentous fungi play a key role in the terrestrial carbon cycle as they are the primary
decomposers of lignocellulose in soil organic matter (SOM). Fungi secrete a wide range of …

Principles and applications of vibrational spectroscopic imaging in plant science: a review

KB Beć, J Grabska, GK Bonn, M Popp… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Detailed knowledge about plant chemical constituents and their distributions from organ
level to sub-cellular level is of critical interest to basic and applied sciences. Spectral …

Fungal biodiversity and conservation mycology in light of new technology, big data, and changing attitudes

LA Lofgren, JE Stajich - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Fungi have successfully established themselves across seemingly every possible niche,
substrate, and biome. They are fundamental to biogeochemical cycling, interspecies …

Seeking the roles for fungal small-secreted proteins in affecting saprophytic lifestyles

D Feldman, O Yarden, Y Hadar - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Small secreted proteins (SSPs) comprise 40–60% of the total fungal secretome and are
present in fungi of all phylogenetic groups, representing the entire spectrum of lifestyles …

Nitrogen acquisition from mineral‐associated proteins by an ectomycorrhizal fungus

T Wang, Z Tian, A Tunlid, P Persson - New Phytologist, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In nitrogen (N)‐limited boreal forests, trees depend on the decomposing activity of their
ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal symbionts to access soil N. A large fraction of this N exists as …