Hoysted, GA, Jacob, AS, Kowal, J et al. (8 more authors) (2019) Mucoromycotina Fine Root Endophyte Fungi Form Nutritional Mutualisms with Vascular Plants. Plant Physiology, 181 (2). pp. 565-577. ISSN 0032-0889
Abstract
Fungi and plants have engaged in intimate symbioses that are globally widespread and have driven terrestrial biogeochemical processes since plant terrestrialisation >500 Mya. Recently, hitherto unknown nutritional mutualisms involving ancient lineages of fungi and non-vascular plants have been discovered although their extent and functional significance in vascular plants remains uncertain. Here, we provide first evidence of carbon-for-nitrogen exchange between an early-diverging vascular plant (Lycopodiaceae) and Mucoromycotina (Endogonales) fine root endophyte. Furthermore, we provide evidence that the same fungal symbionts colonize neighbouring non-vascular and flowering plants. These findings fundamentally change our understanding of the physiology, interrelationships and ecology of underground plant-fungal symbioses in modern terrestrial ecosystems by revealing the nutritional role of Mucoromycotina fungal symbionts in vascular plants.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019, American Society of Plant Biologists. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. | ||||||
Keywords: | Arbuscular mycorrhizas, Endogonales, lycophytes, nitrogen, carbon. | ||||||
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Institution: | The University of Leeds | ||||||
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Biology (Leeds) | ||||||
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Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2019 10:36 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 18 Oct 2019 09:50 | ||||||
Status: | Published | ||||||
Publisher: | American Society of Plant Biologists | ||||||
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.19.00729 |