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. 2017 Oct 31;114(44):11574-11576.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1716329114. Epub 2017 Oct 23.

Continuum of root-fungal symbioses for plant nutrition

Marcel G A van der Heijden  1   2   3 , Nina Dombrowski  4 , Klaus Schlaeppi  5
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Continuum of root-fungal symbioses for plant nutrition

Marcel G A van der Heijden et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Associations between plants and the fungal root microbiota. Different types of mycorrhizal associations include Glomeromycete fungi forming arbuscular mycorrhiza with most vascular plants. Ascomycete and Basidiomycete members form ecto-mycorrhizal symbiosis (mostly with trees), orchid mycorrhiza with orchids, and ericoid mycorrhizas with plants of the Ericaceae family. Moreover, recent studies demonstrate that the Mucoromycotina, a basal fungal lineage close to the Glomeromycetes, forms symbiotic associations with a wide range of plants (not shown) (16, 17). Emerging studies indicate that various nonmycorrhizal plants have the ability to form a functional symbiosis with Ascomycetous and Basidiomycetous soil fungi. Arabis alpina (Top Right) is a nonmycorrhizal Brassicaceae that is native to harsh arctic–alpine environments (site: Lenk i.S., Switzerland) and typically exposed to water limitations, fluctuating temperatures, and extremely low nutrient availability (18). In recent years, Arabis became a model to study adaptation to extreme environments, flowering control, or perennialism, and therefore also for root microbiome research (19).
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