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ReviewThe New phytologist2024

Suillus: an emerging model for the study of ectomycorrhizal ecology and evolution.

Lotus Lofgren, Nhu H Nguyen, Peter G Kennedy, Eduardo Pérez-Pazos, Jessica Fletcher, Hui-Ling Liao, Haihua Wang, Kaile Zhang, Joske Ruytinx, Alexander H Smith and 6 more

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Review in The New phytologist, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
21.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

Lotus LofgrenDepartment of Biology, Duke University, 130 Science Dr., Durham, NC, 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0632-102X
Nhu H NguyenDepartment of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Hawai'i at Māno, 3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8276-7042
Peter G KennedyDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, 1475 Gortner Ave, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2615-3892
Eduardo Pérez-PazosDepartment of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, 1475 Gortner Ave, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9662-711X
Jessica FletcherDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado Denver, 1151 Arapahoe St., SI 2071, Denver, CO, 80204, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8737-1538
Hui-Ling LiaoNorth Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 155 Research Rd, Quincy, FL, 3235, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1648-3444
Haihua WangNorth Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 155 Research Rd, Quincy, FL, 3235, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7410-2064
Kaile ZhangNorth Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 155 Research Rd, Quincy, FL, 3235, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6910-8050
Joske RuytinxResearch Group of Microbiology and Plant Genetics, Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-5835-3704
Alexander H SmithDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado Denver, 1151 Arapahoe St., SI 2071, Denver, CO, 80204, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3890-000X
Yi-Hong KeDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 1105 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8435-082X
H Van T CotterUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium, 120 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8819-7068
Eiona EngwallDepartment of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 120 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-2092-6495
Khalid M HameedDepartment of Biology, Duke University, 130 Science Dr., Durham, NC, 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5882-5553
Rytas VilgalysDepartment of Biology, Duke University, 130 Science Dr., Durham, NC, 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8299-3605
Sara BrancoDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado Denver, 1151 Arapahoe St., SI 2071, Denver, CO, 80204, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9890-933X
Duke University · USUniversity of Denver · USUniversity of North Florida · USUniversity of Minnesota · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · USUniversity of Michigan · USVrije Universiteit Brussel · BE

Funding

Tri-Institutional Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training ProgramT32AI052080 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI ANDREW ALSPAUGH, JOSEPH HEITMAN · 2003 to 2026
$8.7M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI052080NIH HHS T32-AI052080
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research on mycorrhizal symbiosis has been slowed by a lack of established study systems. To address this challenge, we have been developing Suillus, a widespread ecologically and economically relevant fungal genus primarily associated with the plant family Pinaceae, into a model system for studying ectomycorrhizal (ECM) associations. Over the last decade, we have compiled extensive genomic resources, culture libraries, a phenotype database, and protocols for manipulating Suillus fungi with and without their tree partners. Our efforts have already resulted in a large number of publicly available genomes, transcriptomes, and respective annotations, as well as advances in our understanding of mycorrhizal partner specificity and host communication, fungal and plant nutrition, environmental adaptation, soil nutrient cycling, interspecific competition, and biological invasions. Here, we highlight the most significant recent findings enabled by Suillus, present a suite of protocols for working with the genus, and discuss how Suillus is emerging as an important model to elucidate the ecology and evolution of ECM interactions.

Indexed as

Biological EvolutionModels, BiologicalMycorrhizaeBasidiomycotaEcologySymbiosisecologyectomycorrhizalgenusmodel systemmycologySuillussymbiosis

Identifiers

PMID38581203
PMCPMC11045321
OpenAlexW4394011296

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