Fungi as mediators linking organisms and ecosystems

M Bahram, T Netherway - FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Fungi form a major and diverse component of most ecosystems on Earth. They are both
micro and macroorganisms with high and varying functional diversity as well as great …

On the evolution of variation in sexual reproduction through the prism of eukaryotic microbes

V Yadav, S Sun, J Heitman - Proceedings of the National …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Almost all eukaryotes undergo sexual reproduction to generate diversity and select for
fitness in their population pools. Interestingly, the systems by which sex is defined are highly …

Early branching arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Paraglomus occultum carries a small and repeat-poor genome compared to relatives in the Glomeromycotina

M Malar C, Y Wang, JE Stajich… - Microbial …, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMFs) are obligate root symbionts in the subphylum
Glomeromycotina that can benefit land plants by increasing their soil nutrient uptake in …

[HTML][HTML] Signatures of transposon-mediated genome inflation, host specialization, and photoentrainment in Entomophthora muscae and allied entomophthoralean …

JE Stajich, B Lovett, E Lee, AM Macias, AE Hajek… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Despite over a century of observations, the obligate insect parasites within the order
Entomophthorales remain poorly characterized at the genetic level. In this manuscript, we …

Nuclear dynamics in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

V Kokkoris, F Stefani, Y Dalpé, J Dettman… - Trends in Plant …, 2020 - cell.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are plant root symbionts that continuously carry
thousands of nuclei in their spores and hyphae. This unique cellular biology raises …

Lineage-specific genes and cryptic sex: parallels and differences between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and fungal pathogens

D Reinhardt, C Roux, N Corradi, A Di Pietro - Trends in plant science, 2021 - cell.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) live as obligate root symbionts on almost all land plants.
They have long been regarded as ancient asexuals that have propagated clonally for …

Transcriptional activity and epigenetic regulation of transposable elements in the symbiotic fungus Rhizophagus irregularis

A Dallaire, BF Manley, M Wilkens, I Bista… - Genome …, 2021 - genome.cshlp.org
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi form mutualistic relationships with most land plant
species. AM fungi have long been considered as ancient asexuals. Long-term clonal …

[HTML][HTML] Mycorrhizal interventions for sustainable potato production in Africa

VW Chifetete, JF Dames - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is an important tuber crop with high dietary value that
could potentially help to alleviate malnutrition and hunger in Africa. However, production is …

Generation of unequal nuclear genotype proportions in Rhizophagus irregularis progeny causes allelic imbalance in gene transcription

C Robbins, J Cruz Corella, C Aletti, R Seiler… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form mutualisms with most plant species. The model
AMF Rhizophagus irregularis is common in many ecosystems and naturally forms …

Analysing diversification dynamics using barcoding data: the case of an obligate mycorrhizal symbiont

B Perez‐Lamarque, M Öpik, O Maliet… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Analysing diversification dynamics is key to understanding the past evolutionary history of
clades that led to present‐day biodiversity patterns. While such analyses are widespread in …