At the root of plant symbioses: Untangling the genetic mechanisms behind mutualistic associations

DNA hypomethylation of the host tree impairs interaction with mutualistic ectomycorrhizal fungus

(2023) Julien Vigneaud et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Symbioses shape feeding niches and diversification across insects

(2023) Charlie K. Cornwallis et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Dynamic Regulation of Grapevine’s microRNAs in Response to Mycorrhizal Symbiosis and High Temperature

(2023) Catarina Campos et al.   Plants-Basel

Forest tree growth is linked to mycorrhizal fungal composition and function across Europe

(2022) Mark A. Anthony et al.   ISME Journal

An overview of bioinformatics, genomics and transcriptomics resources for bryophytes

(2022) Noe Fernandez-Pozo et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Modes of secretion of plant lipophilic metabolites via ABCG transporter-dependent transport and vesicle-mediated trafficking

(2022) Takuji Ichino et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Coral holobiont cues prime Endozoicomonas for a symbiotic lifestyle

(2022) Claudia Pogoreutz et al.   ISME Journal

The CYCLOPS Response Element in the NIN promoter is Important but not Essential for Infection Thread Formation During Lotus japonicus-Rhizobia Symbiosis

(2022) Akira Akamatsu et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

A CCaMK/Cyclops response element in the promoter of Lotus japonicus calcium‐binding protein 1 ( CBP1 ) mediates transcriptional activation in root symbioses

(2022) Xiaoyun Gong et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evolutionary biology of lichen symbioses

(2022) Toby Spribille et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Symbiotic organs: the nexus of host–microbe evolution

(2022) David C. Fronk et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The innovation of the symbiosome has enhanced the evolutionary stability of nitrogen fixation in legumes

(2022) Sergio M. de Faria et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Functions of Lipids in Development and Reproduction of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Fungi

(2022) Hiromu Kameoka et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Metatranscriptomics captures dynamic shifts in mycorrhizal coordination in boreal forests

(2022) Simon R. Law et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phylogenetic Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities Increases with Crop Age in Coffea arabica Plantations

(2022) Sofía Rengifo-Del Aguila et al.   Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

An ancestral function of strigolactones as symbiotic rhizosphere signals

(2022) Kyoichi Kodama et al.   Nature Communications

Nutrient regulation of lipochitooligosaccharide recognition in plants via NSP1 and NSP2

(2022) Xin-Ran Li et al.   Nature Communications

Role of carbohydrate-active enzymes in mycorrhizal symbioses

(2022) Yuhua Gong et al.   Essays in Biochemistry

Boosting Sustainable Agriculture by Arbuscular Mycorrhiza under Stress Condition: Mechanism and Future Prospective

(2022) Surya Chauhan et al.   Biomed Research International

The RNAome landscape of tomato during arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis reveals an evolving RNA layer symbiotic regulatory network

(2022) Zhen Zeng et al.   Plant Communications

Conserved and reproducible bacterial communities associate with extraradical hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

(2021) Bryan D. Emmett et al.   ISME Journal

The genome of Geosiphon pyriformis reveals ancestral traits linked to the emergence of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

(2021) Mathu Malar C et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Evolution of the Mode of Nutrition in Symbiotic and Saprotrophic Fungi in Forest Ecosystems

(2021) Annie Lebreton et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Lipid exchanges drove the evolution of mutualism during plant terrestrialization

(2021) Mélanie K. Rich et al.   SCIENCE

Origins and evolution of the dual functions of strigolactones as rhizosphere signaling molecules and plant hormones

(2021) Junko Kyozuka et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

The Full-Size ABCG Transporter of Medicago truncatula Is Involved in Strigolactone Secretion, Affecting Arbuscular Mycorrhiza

(2020) Joanna Banasiak et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Large-scale genome sequencing of mycorrhizal fungi provides insights into the early evolution of symbiotic traits

(2020) Shingo Miyauchi et al.   Nature Communications

Mycorrhizal fungi control phosphorus value in trade symbiosis with host roots when exposed to abrupt ‘crashes’ and ‘booms’ of resource availability

(2020) Anouk van't Padje et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance mineralisation of organic phosphorus by carrying bacteria along their extraradical hyphae

(2020) Feiyan Jiang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

ERN1 and CYCLOPS coordinately activate NIN signaling to promote infection thread formation in Lotus japonicus

(2019) Meng Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

NODULE INCEPTION Recruits the Lateral Root Developmental Program for Symbiotic Nodule Organogenesis in Medicago truncatula

(2019) Katharina Schiessl et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Laccaria bicolor Produces Lipochitooligosaccharides and Uses the Common Symbiosis Pathway to Colonize Populus Roots

(2019) Kevin R. Cope et al.   PLANT CELL

Genomes of Subaerial Zygnematophyceae Provide Insights into Land Plant Evolution

(2019) Shifeng Cheng et al.   CELL

No support for the emergence of lichens prior to the evolution of vascular plants

(2019) Matthew P. Nelsen et al.   Geobiology

One thousand plant transcriptomes and the phylogenomics of green plants

(2019)   NATURE

Great moments in evolution: the conquest of land by plants

(2018) Stefan A Rensing   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Comparative genomics of the nonlegumeParasponiareveals insights into evolution of nitrogen-fixing rhizobium symbioses

(2018) Robin van Velzen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phylogenomics reveals multiple losses of nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbiosis

(2018) Maximilian Griesmann et al.   SCIENCE

AP2 transcription factor CBX1 with a specific function in symbiotic exchange of nutrients in mycorrhizal Lotus japonicus

(2018) Li Xue et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Medicago AP2-Domain Transcription Factor WRI5a Is a Master Regulator of Lipid Biosynthesis and Transfer during Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

(2018) Yina Jiang et al.   Molecular Plant

Contemporaneous radiations of fungi and plants linked to symbiosis

(2018) François Lutzoni et al.   Nature Communications

Evolution of the Symbiosis-Specific GRAS Regulatory Network in Bryophytes

(2018) Christopher Grosche et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Arbuscular mycorrhiza-specific enzymes FatM and RAM2 fine-tune lipid biosynthesis to promote development of arbuscular mycorrhiza

(2017) Armando Bravo et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Fatty acids in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are synthesized by the host plant

(2017) Leonie H. Luginbuehl et al.   SCIENCE

Plants transfer lipids to sustain colonization by mutualistic mycorrhizal and parasitic fungi

(2017) Yina Jiang et al.   SCIENCE

Lipid transfer from plants to arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi

(2017) Andreas Keymer et al.   eLife

A CCaMK-CYCLOPS-DELLA Complex Activates Transcription of RAM1 to Regulate Arbuscule Branching

(2016) Priya Pimprikar et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Unearthing the roots of ectomycorrhizal symbioses

(2016) Francis Martin et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

New features of desiccation tolerance in the lichen photobiont Trebouxia gelatinosa are revealed by a transcriptomic approach

(2016) Fabio Candotto Carniel et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The Petunia GRAS Transcription Factor ATA/RAM1 Regulates Symbiotic Gene Expression and Fungal Morphogenesis in Arbuscular Mycorrhiza

(2015) Mélanie K. Rich et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Algal ancestor of land plants was preadapted for symbiosis

(2015) Pierre-Marc Delaux et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Molecular Basis of Bacterial–Insect Symbiosis

(2014) Angela E. Douglas   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Fatty acid synthesis and lipid metabolism in the obligate biotrophic fungusRhizophagus irregularisduring mycorrhization ofLotus japonicus

(2014) Vera Wewer et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Partner choice and fidelity stabilize coevolution in a Cretaceous-age defensive symbiosis

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

A petunia ABC protein controls strigolactone-dependent symbiotic signalling and branching

(2012) Tobias Kretzschmar et al.   NATURE