First evidence of mutualism between ancient plant lineages (Haplomitriopsida liverworts) and Mucoromycotina fungi and its response to simulated Palaeozoic changes in atmospheric CO2

Fungal associations inHorneophyton lignerifrom the Rhynie Chert (c. 407 million year old) closely resemble those in extant lower land plants: novel insights into ancestral plant-fungus symbioses

(2014) Christine Strullu-Derrien et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Conflicting Phylogenies for Early Land Plants are Caused by Composition Biases among Synonymous Substitutions

(2014) Cymon J. Cox et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Fungal symbioses in bryophytes: New insights in the Twenty First Century

(2014) S. Pressel et al.   Phytotaxa

Single Nucleus Genome Sequencing Reveals High Similarity among Nuclei of an Endomycorrhizal Fungus

(2014) Kui Lin et al.   PLoS Genetics

Genome of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus provides insight into the oldest plant symbiosis

(2013) E. Tisserant et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fungal symbioses in hornworts: a chequered history

(2013) A. Desiro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Major transitions in the evolution of early land plants: a bryological perspective

(2012) Roberto Ligrone et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Contrasting arbuscular mycorrhizal responses of vascular and non-vascular plants to a simulated Palaeozoic CO2 decline

(2012) Katie J. Field et al.   Nature Communications

UCHIME improves sensitivity and speed of chimera detection

(2011) Robert C. Edgar et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

The dawn of symbiosis between plants and fungi

(2011) M. I. Bidartondo et al.   Biology Letters

A high-precision U–Pb age constraint on the Rhynie Chert Konservat-Lagerstätte: time scale and other implications

(2011) S.F. Parry et al.   JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Reciprocal Rewards Stabilize Cooperation in the Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

(2011) E. T. Kiers et al.   SCIENCE

Presence of three mycorrhizal genes in the common ancestor of land plants suggests a key role of mycorrhizas in the colonization of land by plants

(2010) Bin Wang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mutualistic mycorrhiza-like symbiosis in the most ancient group of land plants

(2010) Claire P. Humphreys et al.   Nature Communications

Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities

(2009) P. D. Schloss et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The mitochondrial genome sequence of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungusGlomus intraradicesisolate 494 and implications for the phylogenetic placement ofGlomus

(2009) Jaikoo Lee et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Conservative ecological and evolutionary patterns in liverwort-fungal symbioses

(2009) M. I. Bidartondo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A novel ascomycetous endophytic association in the rhizoids of the leafy liverwort family, Schistochilaceae (Jungermanniidae, Hepaticopsida)

(2008) Silvia Pressel et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Arbuscular mycorrhiza: the mother of plant root endosymbioses

(2008) Martin Parniske   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Giving and receiving: measuring the carbon cost of mycorrhizas in the green orchid,Goodyera repens

(2008) Duncan D. Cameron et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST