Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Comparative genomic analysis of a metagenome-assembled genome reveals distinctive symbiotic traits in a Mucoromycotina fine root endophyte arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus

This study compares the genome of a Mucoromycotina AM fungus to Glomeromycotina fungi, revealing distinct symbiotic traits and potential ecological roles.

The microbial landscape: soil microbiome properties predict plant species distributions

The paper uses machine learning to show that soil microbiome properties can predict plant species distributions, with microbial predictors being as important as abiotic factors for some species.

Plant diversity and water regime have distinct effects on soil fungal communities that are linked to plant productivity

The study examines how plant diversity and water regimes affect soil fungal communities and links these changes to plant productivity.

Dissecting mycorrhizal fungal trait variation, its genetic basis and trade-offs

This study examines intraspecific variation in Rhizophagus irregularis traits, finding genetic influences on hyphal growth and branching structures, especially near plant roots.

Prevalence of water and nutrient availability in structuring fungal communities of healthy and decaying beech trees in forests

The paper examines how water and nutrient availability shape fungal communities in beech trees, finding that water shortage has a greater impact than tree vitality on fungal community structure.

Diurnal plant and Rhizophagus irregularis transcriptional patterns are linked to shifts in cassava tissue partitioning in the field

This study links diurnal transcriptional patterns of cassava and Rhizophagus irregularis to tissue partitioning shifts in field conditions using transcriptomics and allometric analyses.

Tree species shape ectomycorrhizal fungal traits and community composition through litter quality and resultant soil properties

This study shows that tree species influence ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity and community composition through litter-driven soil properties and fungal traits.

Divergent Strategies of Mycorrhiza-Mediated Drought Adaptation in Poplar

This study compares how two mycorrhizal fungi, Paxillus involutus and Cenococcum geophilum, affect poplar drought adaptation through distinct physiological and molecular strategies.

EPP1 is an ancestral component of the plant Common SymbiosisPathway

The paper identifies EPP1 as a fourth gene in the ancestral common symbiosis pathway, essential for plant-microbe interactions across multiple plant clades.

Defining the pre-symbiotic transcriptional landscape of rice roots

This study examines the transcriptional responses of rice roots to exudates from beneficial and pathogenic fungi, finding no specific signatures but a generic stress and immune response, with changes upon physical fungal contact.

Convergent losses of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in carnivorous plants

This study investigates the loss of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in carnivorous plants, finding convergent losses and rare coexistence with carnivory.

Fungal VOCs regulate the expression of WOX5 at the root meristem of plants under osmotic stress in Arabidopsis and Populus tremuloides seedlings

PHO2 suppresses arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in high phosphate conditions

This study identifies PHO2 as a negative regulator of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in high phosphate conditions in rice and Nicotiana benthamiana.

Medicago truncatula CORYNE modulates inflorescence meristem branching, nutrient signaling, and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

This study identifies Medicago truncatula CRN as a regulator of inflorescence meristem branching and root interactions with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, with effects independent of MtCLE53.

Enhancing experimentally the structural heterogeneity of forests increase soil fungal diversity but functional lifestyles in contrasting ways

The paper experimentally increases forest structural heterogeneity and finds it boosts soil fungal gamma-diversity mainly through beta-diversity and microclimate effects, with weak phylogenetic diversity gains and contrasting functional responses.

The switch from bacterial phosphorus mineralization to arbuscular mycorrhiza in root hairless wheat during crop development

This study shows wheat root hair mutants shift from bacterial to fungal phosphorus acquisition during development under phosphorus-depleted conditions.

Drought drives reversible disengagement of root-mycorrhizal symbiosis

This study shows that drought causes rice to temporarily disengage from its mycorrhizal symbiosis, which reverses when water is restored.

Changes in the functional diversity and abundance of ectomycorrhizal fungi are decoupled from water uptake patterns in European beech forests

The paper examines how changes in ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity and abundance relate to water uptake patterns in beech forests under different moisture conditions.

Fire severity drives shifts in ectomycorrhizal fungal communities and Pseudotsuga menziesii seedling performance

This study examines how fire severity affects ectomycorrhizal fungal communities and Douglas-fir seedling performance, finding that high-severity burns reduce fungal diversity and seedling growth, while low-severity burns support better outcomes.

Legacy of warming and microbial treatments shape root exudates and rhizosphere fungal communities of a tropical tree

The paper investigates how environmental changes and microbial treatments affect root exudates and fungal communities in a tropical tree, finding that soil microbial legacy and moisture influence metabolite diversity, while antimicrobial treatments alter metabolite composition and fungal community structure.

Yeast-2-Hybrid-Seq and Bifluorescence Complementation Resources for assessing Protein:Protein Interactions in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Roots: CKL2 as a Case Study

The paper introduces Y2H-seq and BIFC methods to identify protein interactions in AM symbiosis, finding CKL2 interacts with 14-3-3 proteins at the PAM.

Opportunistic partner choice among arctic plants and root-associated fungi is driven by environmental conditions.

The paper investigates how environmental factors shape plant-fungus interactions in Arctic ecosystems, finding that fungal communities in soil and rhizosphere differ significantly and are primarily driven by abiotic conditions.

Deciphering plant-beneficial fungal interactions: Unravelling metabolic diversity that underpins communication between Laccaria bicolor and Trichoderma

This study investigates metabolic interactions between Laccaria bicolor and Trichoderma species through VOCs, hyphal metabolomes, and soluble metabolites in dual cultures.

From Field to FASTA: Onsite DNA Barcoding the Mushrooms of the 2024 NAMA Foray

The paper describes DNA barcoding efforts during a mushroom foray, generating 803 ITS barcodes and identifying 18 novel species-level OTUs and 28 new distribution reports.

Climate-linked biogeography of mycorrhizal fungal spore traits

This study identifies climate drivers of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spore traits globally, revealing trade-offs between persistence and dispersal and highlighting climate's role in shaping microbial biogeography.

What are all these soil fungi doing? Complex carbon use ability as a predictive trait for fungal community functions

The paper investigates carbon use abilities in soil fungi to predict community functions, finding that carbon use ability is a better predictor than enzymatic activity.

Plant phylogeny and life history predict AM fungal species and genetic composition, but only life history and genetic composition predict feedback

The paper tests how plant phylogeny and life history influence AM fungal communities and feedbacks, finding life history and genetic composition better predict feedbacks than phylogeny.

Low and facultative mycorrhization of ferns in a low-montane tropical rainforest in Ecuador

The paper investigates AMF mycorrhization in ferns, finding that only 33% of species are mycorrhizal, with no correlation between mycorrhization and species abundance, and AMF presence in epiphytic ferns suggests a commensal or parasitic relationship.

AusAMF: database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in Australia

AusAMF provides a database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in Australia, offering spatial patterns and ecological insights for future research and conservation.

Eastern Joshua tree arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal mycobiomes largely consistent across roots, soils, and seasons

The study examines AMF communities in Eastern Joshua trees across seasons and tissues, finding consistent mycobiomes in soils and roots, with summer showing lower diversity.