ArticleNature communications2020
Large-scale genome sequencing of mycorrhizal fungi provides insights into the early evolution of symbiotic traits.
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Shingo Miyauchi *Université de Lorraine, Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l' environnement, UMR Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Centre INRAE Grand Est-Nancy, 54280, Champenoux, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0620-5547
Enikő Kiss *Synthetic and Systems Biology Unit, Biological Research Centre, 6726, Szeged, Hungary.
Alan Kuo *US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Elodie DrulaINRAE, USC1408 Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, 13009, Marseille, France.
Annegret KohlerUniversité de Lorraine, Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l' environnement, UMR Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Centre INRAE Grand Est-Nancy, 54280, Champenoux, France.
Marisol Sánchez-GarcíaBiology Department, Clark University, Lasry Center for Bioscience, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA, 01610, USA.
Emmanuelle MorinUniversité de Lorraine, Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l' environnement, UMR Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Centre INRAE Grand Est-Nancy, 54280, Champenoux, France.
Bill AndreopoulosUS Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Kerrie W BarryUS Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Gregory BonitoPlant Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
Marc BuéeUniversité de Lorraine, Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l' environnement, UMR Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Centre INRAE Grand Est-Nancy, 54280, Champenoux, France.
Akiko CarverUS Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Cindy ChenUS Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Nicolas CichockiUniversité de Lorraine, Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l' environnement, UMR Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Centre INRAE Grand Est-Nancy, 54280, Champenoux, France.
Alicia ClumUS Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
David CulleyChemical & Biological Processes Development Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA.
Pedro W CrousWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Laure FaucheryUniversité de Lorraine, Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l' environnement, UMR Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Centre INRAE Grand Est-Nancy, 54280, Champenoux, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2571-0274
Mariangela GirlandaDepartment of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Viale Mattioli 25, 10125, Torino, Italy.
Richard D HayesUS Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5236-7918
Zsófia KériSynthetic and Systems Biology Unit, Biological Research Centre, 6726, Szeged, Hungary.
Kurt LaButtiUS Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5838-1972
Anna LipzenUS Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Vincent LombardINRAE, USC1408 Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, 13009, Marseille, France.
Jon MagnusonChemical & Biological Processes Development Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7712-7024
François MaillardUniversité de Lorraine, Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l' environnement, UMR Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Centre INRAE Grand Est-Nancy, 54280, Champenoux, France.
Claude MuratUniversité de Lorraine, Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l' environnement, UMR Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Centre INRAE Grand Est-Nancy, 54280, Champenoux, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0685-7307
Matt NolanUS Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Robin A OhmUS Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Jasmyn PangilinanUS Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Maíra de Freitas PereiraUniversité de Lorraine, Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l' environnement, UMR Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Centre INRAE Grand Est-Nancy, 54280, Champenoux, France.
Silvia PerottoDepartment of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Viale Mattioli 25, 10125, Torino, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0121-1806
Martina PeterSwiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zuercherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
Stephanie PfisterSwiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zuercherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
Robert RileyUS Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Yaron SitritThe Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Bergman Campus, Ben-Gurion University of The Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
J Benjamin StielowWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Gergely SzöllősiSynthetic and Systems Biology Unit, Biological Research Centre, 6726, Szeged, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8556-845X
Lucia ŽifčákováLaboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic.
Martina ŠtursováLaboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic.
Joseph W SpataforaDepartment Botany & Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
Leho TedersooNatural History Museum, University of Tartu, 14a Ravila, 50411, Tartu, Estonia.
Lu-Min VaarioDepartment of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Akiyoshi YamadaInstitute of Mountain Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Minami-minowa, Kami-ina, Nagano, 399-4598, Japan.
Mi YanUS Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Pengfei WangDepartment of Key Laboratory, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, 374 Dian Mian Road, Kunming, 650101, Yunnan, China.
Jianping XuDepartment of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2915-2780
Tom BrunsDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Petr BaldrianLaboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 14220, Praha 4, Czech Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8983-2721
Rytas VilgalysDepartment of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8299-3605
Christophe DunandLaboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France.
Bernard HenrissatINRAE, USC1408 Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, 13009, Marseille, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3434-8588
Igor V GrigorievUS Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3136-8903
David HibbettBiology Department, Clark University, Lasry Center for Bioscience, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA, 01610, USA.
László G NagySynthetic and Systems Biology Unit, Biological Research Centre, 6726, Szeged, Hungary.
Francis M MartinUniversité de Lorraine, Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l' environnement, UMR Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Centre INRAE Grand Est-Nancy, 54280, Champenoux, France. francis.martin@inrae.fr.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · USInstitut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement · FRHUN-REN Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpont · HUCzech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology · CZCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRClark University · USPacific Northwest National Laboratory · USSwiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research · CHUniversity of Turin · ITWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute · NLBeijing Forestry University · CNBen-Gurion University of the Negev · ILDuke University · USKunming Medical University · CNMcMaster University · CAMichigan State University · USOregon State University · USShinshu University · JPUniversity of California, Berkeley · USUniversity of Helsinki · FI
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Abstract
Mycorrhizal fungi are mutualists that play crucial roles in nutrient acquisition in terrestrial ecosystems. Mycorrhizal symbioses arose repeatedly across multiple lineages of Mucoromycotina, Ascomycota, and Basidiomycota. Considerable variation exists in the capacity of mycorrhizal fungi to acquire carbon from soil organic matter. Here, we present a combined analysis of 135 fungal genomes from 73 saprotrophic, endophytic and pathogenic species, and 62 mycorrhizal species, including 29 new mycorrhizal genomes. This study samples ecologically dominant fungal guilds for which there were previously no symbiotic genomes available, including ectomycorrhizal Russulales, Thelephorales and Cantharellales. Our analyses show that transitions from saprotrophy to symbiosis involve (1) widespread losses of degrading enzymes acting on lignin and cellulose, (2) co-option of genes present in saprotrophic ancestors to fulfill new symbiotic functions, (3) diversification of novel, lineage-specific symbiosis-induced genes, (4) proliferation of transposable elements and (5) divergent genetic innovations underlying the convergent origins of the ectomycorrhizal guild.
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Genome, FungalSymbiosisEcosystemEvolution, MolecularFungal ProteinsFungiMycorrhizaePhylogenyPlant Physiological PhenomenaPlantsFungal Proteins
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