ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2008
Novel root fungal consortium associated with a dominant desert grass.
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- Bermudagrass Cultivars with Different Tolerance to Nematode Damage Are Characterized by Distinct Fungal but Similar Bacterial and Archaeal Microbiomes.Microorganisms · 2022Article
- Divergence of a genomic island leads to the evolution of melanization in a halophyte root fungus.The ISME journal · 2021Article
- Advances in the Role of Dark Septate Endophytes in the Plant Resistance to Abiotic and Biotic Stresses.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Fungal Endophytic Community and Diversity Associated with Desert Shrubs Driven by Plant Identity and Organ Differentiation in Extremely Arid Desert Ecosystem.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Dark Septate Endophytes Isolated From Wild Licorice Roots Grown in the Desert Regions of Northwest China Enhance the Growth of Host Plants Under Water Deficit Stress.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
- Characterization of Five NewJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Genomic Analysis of Diverse Members of the Fungal GenusG3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2020Article
- Diversity and community of culturable endophytic fungi from stems and roots of desert halophytes in northwest China.MycoKeys · 2020Article
- Ectomycorrhizal and Dark Septate Fungal Associations of Pinyon Pine Are Differentially Affected by Experimental Drought and Warming.Frontiers in plant science · 2020Article
- Genomes and secretomes of Ascomycota fungi reveal diverse functions in plant biomass decomposition and pathogenesis.BMC genomics · 2019Article
- Divergence in Diversity and Composition of Root-Associated Fungi Between Greenhouse and Field Studies in a Semiarid Grassland.Microbial ecology · 2019Article
- Plant-microbe interactions before drought influence plant physiological responses to subsequent severe drought.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Effects of Soil Microbes on Functional Traits of Loblolly Pine (Frontiers in plant science · 2019Article
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Abstract
The broad distribution and high colonization rates of plant roots by a variety of endophytic fungi suggest that these symbionts have an important role in the function of ecosystems. Semiarid and arid lands cover more than one-third of the terrestrial ecosystems on Earth. However, a limited number of studies have been conducted to characterize root-associated fungal communities in semiarid grasslands. We conducted a study of the fungal community associated with the roots of a dominant grass, Bouteloua gracilis, at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. Internal transcribed spacer ribosomal DNA sequences from roots collected in May 2005, October 2005, and January 2006 were amplified using fungal-specific primers, and a total of 630 sequences were obtained, 69% of which were novel (less than 97% similarity with respect to sequences in the NCBI database). B. gracilis roots were colonized by at least 10 different orders, including endophytic, coprophilous, mycorrhizal, saprophytic, and plant pathogenic fungi. A total of 51 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were found, and diversity estimators did not show saturation. Despite the high diversity found within B. gracilis roots, the root-associated fungal community is dominated by a novel group of dark septate fungi (DSF) within the order Pleosporales. Microscopic analysis confirmed that B. gracilis roots are highly colonized by DSF. Other common orders colonizing the roots included Sordariales, Xylariales, and Agaricales. By contributing to drought tolerance and nutrient acquisition, DSF may be integral to the function of arid ecosystems.
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