Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Characterization of the habitat- and season-independent increase in fungal biomass induced by the invasive giant goldenrod and its impact on the fungivorous nematode community

The paper investigates how the invasive plant giant goldenrod increases fungal biomass in soil and affects fungivorous nematode communities, finding a specific fungal community shift and nematode response.

SeSaMe: Metagenome Sequence Classification of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Associated Microorganisms

SeSaMe classifies short metagenomic sequences from AMF-associated microorganisms, achieving genus-level accuracy for bacteria, fungi, and AMF.

More filtering on SNP calling does not remove evidence of inter-nucleus recombination in dikaryotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

The paper shows that stringent SNP filtering does not eliminate inter-nuclear recombination evidence in dikaryotic fungi, and supports retaining low-read SNPs for nuclear genotyping.

Conservation and host-specific expression of non-tandemly repeated heterogenous ribosome RNA gene in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

The paper examines the phylogenetic distribution and expression of atypical rDNA in Rhizophagus fungi, finding host-specific expression and variation enrichment in ES27L.

Adaptive zinc tolerance is supported by extensive gene multiplication and differences in cis-regulation of a CDF transporter in an ectomycorrhizal fungus

The paper identifies genetic mechanisms underlying zinc tolerance in Suillus luteus by linking gene copy number variation and cis-regulation of a CDF transporter to phenotypic differences.

Introducing ribosomal tandem repeat barcoding for fungi

The paper introduces ribosomal tandem repeat barcoding for fungi to generate comprehensive reference data using third-generation sequencing.

Evidence of non-tandemly repeated rDNAs and their intragenomic heterogeneity in Rhizophagus irregularis

The paper reports the discovery of non-tandemly repeated rDNAs and their intragenomic heterogeneity in Rhizophagus irregularis, suggesting a link to adaptation and environmental response.

Understanding and mitigating some limitations of Illumina (C) MiSeq for environmental sequencing of fungi.

The paper identifies and addresses technical limitations of the Illumina MiSeq platform in fungal ITS-amplicon metabarcoding, including read abundance bias and tag-switching issues.