Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi conducting the hyphosphere bacterial orchestra

L Zhang, J Zhou, TS George, E Limpens, G Feng - Trends in plant science, 2022 - cell.com
More than two-thirds of terrestrial plants acquire nutrients by forming a symbiosis with
arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. AM fungal hyphae recruit distinct microbes into their …

[HTML][HTML] Lessons from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal genomes

L Lanfranco, P Bonfante - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have accompanied the majority of land plants since their
evolution in the Devonian period with a symbiotic alliance centered on nutrient exchanges …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi heterokaryons have two nuclear populations with distinct roles in host–plant interactions

J Sperschneider, G Yildirir, YS Rizzi, M Malar C… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are prominent root symbionts that can carry thousands
of nuclei deriving from two parental strains in a large syncytium. These co-existing genomes …

Comparative genomics of Rhizophagus irregularis, R. cerebriforme, R. diaphanus and Gigaspora rosea highlights specific genetic features in Glomeromycotina

E Morin, S Miyauchi, H San Clemente… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Glomeromycotina is a lineage of early diverging fungi that establish arbuscular mycorrhizal
(AM) symbiosis with land plants. Despite their major ecological role, the genetic basis of …

Long reads and Hi‐C sequencing illuminate the two‐compartment genome of the model arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiont Rhizophagus irregularis

G Yildirir, J Sperschneider, M Malar C… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chromosome folding links genome structure with gene function by generating distinct
nuclear compartments and topologically associating domains. In mammals, these undergo …

Mucoromycota: going to the roots of plant-interacting fungi

P Bonfante, F Venice - Fungal Biology Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Many fungi (from micro-to macromycetes) interact with plants as a relevant component of
plant microbiota. The aim of the review is to focus on the early diverging fungi …

Unraveling plant–microbe symbioses using single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

K Serrano, F Tedeschi, SU Andersen… - Trends in Plant Science, 2024 - cell.com
Plant–microbe symbioses require intense interaction and genetic coordination to
successfully establish in specific cell types of the host and symbiont. Traditional RNA-seq …

Host identity influences nuclear dynamics in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

V Kokkoris, PL Chagnon, G Yildirir, K Clarke, D Goh… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are involved in one of the most ecologically
important symbioses on the planet, occurring within the roots of most land plants. 1 …

Rhizophagus irregularis, the model fungus in arbuscular mycorrhiza research, forms dimorphic spores

V Kokkoris, C Banchini, L Paré, L Abdellatif… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rhizophagus irregularis is the model species for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)
research and the most widely propagated species for commercial plant biostimulants. Using …

Mechanisms and impact of symbiotic phosphate acquisition

CH Chiu, U Paszkowski - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2019 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Phosphorous is important for life but often limiting for plants. The symbiotic pathway of
phosphate uptake via arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) is evolutionarily ancient and today …