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Exploring the Genome of glomeromycotan fungi
2012
Chapitre 1; International audience; All fungi forming a mutualistic symbiosis with plant roots called arbuscular mycorrhiza were formerly grouped together in one order, the Glomales, placed in the Zygomycota (Morton 1993). Based on molecular analyses suggestingthat arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi should be separated from other fungal taxa, they were transferred a decade ago to the Glomeromy-cota , a new phylum created specifically for them (Schu¨ ssler et al. 2001). Whilst members of this monophyletic group originated from the same common ancestor as the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota, they have no obvious affinity to other major extant phylogenetic groups in the kingdom Fungi (James et al. 2006) …
Identification of sugar transporters in arbuscular mycorrhiza, from basic to applied science
2012
Our study focuses on sugar transporters from both plant and fungal partners at the symbiotic interface to better understand biotrophic exchange systems. Thereby, a collection of putative contigs and ESTs of hexose transporters from Medicago truncatula and Fragaria x ananassa will be processed. The full length sequences will be cloned for functional complementation and uptake experiments in transport deficient yeast mutants. This work also investigates the influence of different mycorrhizal fungi on (1) the expression level of sugar transporters and (2) the economically relevant part of F. x ananassa by analyzing its impact on the plant and the fruit. To this aim, combination of phenological…
Identification of sugar transporters in arbuscular mycorrhiza
2012
Our study focuses on sugar transporters from both plant and fungal partners at the symbiotic interface to better understand biotrophic exchange systems. Thereby, a collection of putative contigs and ESTs of hexose transporters from Medicago truncatula and Fragaria x ananassa will be processed. The full length sequences will be cloned for functional complementation and uptake experiments in transport deficient yeast mutants. This work also investigates the influence of different mycorrhizal fungi on (1) the expression level of sugar transporters and (2) the economically relevant part of F. x ananassa by analyzing its impact on the plant and the fruit. To this aim, combination of phenological…
Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomeromycota) in european soils analysed by pyrosequencing
2012
Arbuscular mycorrhiza provides essential ecosystem functions in natural and humandominated ecosystems. Generally human activities like agriculture seem to have a negative effect on diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), and thus on ecosystem functioning. New sequencing technologies now allow to assess AMF diversity on a much larger scale than previously. In the context of the European project EcoFINDERS, five Long-Term Observatories across Europe with different soil management have been studied. The diversity of AMF in these soils is analyzed by pyrosequencing, using the ITS (rDNA Internal Transcribed Spacers) as marker, which were recently determined as the standard barcoding gen…
The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as soil quality indicator. Application to trace elements contaminated soil
2007
The use of genomic repeated sequences to characterize arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
2002
International audience
Mycorrhizal industry in modern agriculture
2012
SPE IPM; International audience
Mitochondrial genotyping of isolates of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus "Glomus intraradices" from the isolate collection of the International Bank…
2011
International audience; The culture collection of the International Bank of Glomeromycota (BEG) provides an important service to scientific community and industry by acting as a repository for well-defined AMF isolates which are made available to the public. The most widely-used species has been referred to as "Glomus intraradices", and was recently renamed Rhizophagus irregularis. This species has emerged as a model organism for experimental research and is the subject of the first AMF genome to be sequenced. The only genetic marker that can currently be used to distinguish strains of R. irregularis in field settings is the mitochondrial large subunit (mtLSU). In addition, genetically dist…
Molecular studies of diversity of populations of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
2011
National audience; Arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF) which form a mutualistic symbiosis with most terrestrial plants are not only important for natural ecosystems, but also for agricultural production. The aim of this study is to characterize fungal populations at different geographic scales in order to better understand the processes influencing AMF taxonomic and functional diversity and to determine the environmental factors affecting AMF populations, especially in the context of agricultural management. The mitochondrial large subunit gene of ribosomal RNA will be used as molecular marker to resolve population structure of Rhizophagus irregularis (formerly known as Glomus intraradices). …