Unearthing the roots of ectomycorrhizal symbioses

Dissecting endophytic lifestyle along the parasitism/mutualism continuum in Arabidopsis

(2016) Philipp H Fesel et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Jasmonates: signal transduction components and their roles in environmental stress responses

(2016) Jonas Goossens et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Belowground carbon trade among tall trees in a temperate forest

(2016) T. Klein et al.   SCIENCE

Extracellular electron transfer systems fuel cellulose oxidative degradation

(2016) D. Kracher et al.   SCIENCE

Ectomycorrhizal ecology is imprinted in the genome of the dominant symbiotic fungus Cenococcum geophilum

(2016) Martina Peter et al.   Nature Communications

Multi-Omics Approach Identifies Molecular Mechanisms of Plant-Fungus Mycorrhizal Interaction

(2016) Peter E. Larsen et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Fungal Effectors and Plant Susceptibility

(2015) Libera Lo Presti et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Biosynthesis and Secretion of Indole-3-Acetic Acid and Its Morphological Effects on Tricholoma vaccinum-Spruce Ectomycorrhiza

(2015) Katrin Krause et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Reconsidering mutualistic plant–fungal interactions through the lens of effector biology

(2015) Jonathan M Plett et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Global patterns of plant root colonization intensity by mycorrhizal fungi explained by climate and soil chemistry

(2015) Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Comparative Genomics of Early-Diverging Mushroom-Forming Fungi Provides Insights into the Origins of Lignocellulose Decay Capabilities

(2015) László G. Nagy et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The Mutualist Laccaria bicolor Expresses a Core Gene Regulon During the Colonization of Diverse Host Plants and a Variable Regulon to Counteract Host-Specific Defenses

(2015) Jonathan M. Plett et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Convergent losses of decay mechanisms and rapid turnover of symbiosis genes in mycorrhizal mutualists

(2015) Annegret Kohler et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Ectomycorrhizal fungi decompose soil organic matter using oxidative mechanisms adapted from saprotrophic ancestors

(2015) Firoz Shah et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Molecular signals required for the establishment and maintenance of ectomycorrhizal symbioses

(2015) Kevin Garcia et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Comparative genomics, proteomics and transcriptomics give new insight into the exoproteome of the basidiomyceteHebeloma cylindrosporumand its involvement in ectomycorrhizal symbiosis

(2015) Jeanne Doré et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mycorrhizal ecology and evolution: the past, the present, and the future

(2015) Marcel G. A. van der Heijden et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Development of the Poplar-Laccaria bicolorEctomycorrhiza Modifies Root Auxin Metabolism, Signaling, and Response

(2015) Alice Vayssières et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Volatile signalling by sesquiterpenes from ectomycorrhizal fungi reprogrammes root architecture

(2015) Franck A. Ditengou et al.   Nature Communications

Comparative Analysis of Secretomes from Ectomycorrhizal Fungi with an Emphasis on Small-Secreted Proteins

(2015) Clement Pellegrin et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Metatranscriptomic analysis of ectomycorrhizal roots reveals genes associated withPiloderma-Pinussymbiosis: improved methodologies for assessing gene expressionin situ

(2014) H.-L. Liao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Genomic and transcriptomic analysis of Laccaria bicolor CAZome reveals insights into polysaccharides remodelling during symbiosis establishment

(2014) Claire Veneault-Fourrey et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Plant-Polysaccharide-Degrading Enzymes from Basidiomycetes

(2014) Johanna Rytioja et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Populus trichocarpa and Populus deltoides Exhibit Different Metabolomic Responses to Colonization by the Symbiotic Fungus Laccaria bicolor

(2014) Timothy J. Tschaplinski et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

A Fungal Conserved Gene from the Basidiomycete Hebeloma cylindrosporum Is Essential for Efficient Ectomycorrhiza Formation

(2014) Jeanne Doré et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Overexpression ofLaccaria bicoloraquaporinJQ585595alters root water transport properties in ectomycorrhizal white spruce (Picea glauca) seedlings

(2014) Hao Xu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

EctomycorrhizalCortinariusspecies participate in enzymatic oxidation of humus in northern forest ecosystems

(2014) Inga T. M. Bödeker et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ethylene and jasmonic acid act as negative modulators during mutualistic symbiosis betweenLaccaria bicolorandPopulusroots

(2014) Jonathan M. Plett et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

Ectomycorrhizal fungi - potential organic matter decomposers, yet not saprotrophs

(2014) Björn D. Lindahl et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Effector MiSSP7 of the mutualistic fungus Laccaria bicolor stabilizes the Populus JAZ6 protein and represses jasmonic acid (JA) responsive genes

(2014) J. M. Plett et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Bacterial Effector HopX1 Targets JAZ Transcriptional Repressors to Activate Jasmonate Signaling and Promote Infection in Arabidopsis

(2014) Selena Gimenez-Ibanez et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

From soil to plant, the journey of P through trophic relationships and ectomycorrhizal association

(2014) Adeline Becquer et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Plant cell wall in pathogenesis, parasitism and symbiosis

(2014) Vincenzo Lionetti et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

The role of mycorrhizal associations in plant potassium nutrition

(2014) Kevin Garcia et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000: A Model Pathogen for Probing Disease Susceptibility and Hormone Signaling in Plants

(2013) Xiu-Fang Xin et al.   Annual Review of Phytopathology

Laser microdissection and microarray analysis ofTuber melanosporumectomycorrhizas reveal functional heterogeneity between mantle and Hartig net compartments

(2013) Stéphane Hacquard et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Carbon availability triggers the decomposition of plant litter and assimilation of nitrogen by an ectomycorrhizal fungus

(2013) F Rineau et al.   ISME Journal

Genomewide analysis of polysaccharides degrading enzymes in 11 white- and brown-rot Polyporales provides insight into mechanisms of wood decay

(2013) Chiaki Hori et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Lignin-degrading peroxidases in Polyporales: an evolutionary survey based on 10 sequenced genomes

(2013) Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas et al.   MYCOLOGIA

MycoCosm portal: gearing up for 1000 fungal genomes

(2013) Igor V. Grigoriev et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors JASMONATE-ASSOCIATED MYC2-LIKE1 (JAM1), JAM2, and JAM3 Are Negative Regulators of Jasmonate Responses in Arabidopsis

(2013) Y. Sasaki-Sekimoto et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

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

Roots and Associated Fungi Drive Long-Term Carbon Sequestration in Boreal Forest

(2013) K. E. Clemmensen et al.   SCIENCE

Evolution of the plant–microbe symbiotic ‘toolkit’

(2013) Pierre-Marc Delaux et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Bacterial Effector Activates Jasmonate Signaling by Directly Targeting JAZ Transcriptional Repressors

(2013) Shushu Jiang et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The Genomics of Obligate (and Nonobligate) Biotrophs

(2012) Pietro D. Spanu   Annual Review of Phytopathology

Phylogenetic, genomic organization and expression analysis of hydrophobin genes in the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Laccaria bicolor

(2012) Jonathan M. Plett et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Involvement of auxin pathways in modulating root architecture during beneficial plant-microorganism interactions

(2012) POORNIMA SUKUMAR et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

The Irreversible Loss of a Decomposition Pathway Marks the Single Origin of an Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis

(2012) Benjamin E. Wolfe et al.   PLoS One

The Paleozoic Origin of Enzymatic Lignin Decomposition Reconstructed from 31 Fungal Genomes

(2012) D. Floudas et al.   SCIENCE

The dawn of symbiosis between plants and fungi

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

Evolutionary history of Serpulaceae (Basidiomycota): molecular phylogeny, historical biogeography and evidence for a single transition of nutritional mode

(2011) Inger Skrede et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A Secreted Effector Protein of Laccaria bicolor Is Required for Symbiosis Development

(2011) Jonathan M. Plett et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A Secreted Fungal Effector of Glomus intraradices Promotes Symbiotic Biotrophy

(2011) Silke Kloppholz et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Mutualistic interactions on a knife-edge between saprotrophy and pathogenesis

(2011) Claire Veneault-Fourrey et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Arbuscular mycorrhizal-like fungi in Carboniferous arborescent lycopsids

(2011) Michael Krings et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Sequencing the fungal tree of life

(2011) F. Martin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

JAZ repressors and the orchestration of phytohormone crosstalk

(2011) Kemal Kazan et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Endophytic Life Strategies Decoded by Genome and Transcriptome Analyses of the Mutualistic Root Symbiont Piriformospora indica

(2011) Alga Zuccaro et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Périgord black truffle genome uncovers evolutionary origins and mechanisms of symbiosis

(2010) Francis Martin et al.   NATURE

Blurred boundaries: lifestyle lessons from ectomycorrhizal fungal genomes

(2010) Jonathan M. Plett et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Mechanisms underlying beneficial plant–fungus interactions in mycorrhizal symbiosis

(2010) Paola Bonfante et al.   Nature Communications

The relative ages of ectomycorrhizal mushrooms and their plant hosts estimated using Bayesian relaxed molecular clock analyses

(2009) David S Hibbett et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

ClassII peroxidase-encoding genes are present in a phylogenetically wide range of ectomycorrhizal fungi

(2009) Inga T M Bödeker et al.   ISME Journal

Out of the Palaeotropics? Historical biogeography and diversification of the cosmopolitan ectomycorrhizal mushroom family Inocybaceae

(2009) P. Brandon Matheny et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Ectomycorrhizal lifestyle in fungi: global diversity, distribution, and evolution of phylogenetic lineages

(2009) Leho Tedersoo et al.   MYCORRHIZA

The Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Laccaria bicolor Stimulates Lateral Root Formation in Poplar and Arabidopsis through Auxin Transport and Signaling

(2009) J. Felten et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Upgrading Root Physiology for Stress Tolerance by Ectomycorrhizas: Insights from Metabolite and Transcriptional Profiling into Reprogramming for Stress Anticipation

(2009) Z.-B. Luo et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Rosid radiation and the rapid rise of angiosperm-dominated forests

(2009) H. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Decomposers in disguise: mycorrhizal fungi as regulators of soil C dynamics in ecosystems under global change

(2008) J. M. Talbot et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Ecological aspects of mycorrhizal symbiosis: with special emphasis on the functional diversity of interactions involving the extraradical mycelium

(2008) R. D. Finlay   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The genome of Laccaria bicolor provides insights into mycorrhizal symbiosis

(2008) F. Martin et al.   NATURE

Arbuscular mycorrhiza: the mother of plant root endosymbioses

(2008) Martin Parniske   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The major pathways of carbohydrate metabolism in the ectomycorrhizal basidiomyceteLaccaria bicolorS238N

(2008) A. Deveau et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The sugar porter gene family ofLaccaria bicolor: function in ectomycorrhizal symbiosis and soil-growing hyphae

(2008) Mónica Fajardo López et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST