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ArticleFEMS microbiology ecology2025

Towards understanding the impact of mycorrhizal fungal environments on the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems.

Olivier Nouwen, Francois Rineau, Petr Kohout, Petr Baldrian, Nico Eisenhauer, Natalie Beenaerts, Sofie Thijs, Jaco Vangronsveld, Nadejda A Soudzilovskaia

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Article in FEMS microbiology ecology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Toxics · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Olivier NouwenCentre for Environmental Sciences, Environmental Biology, Hasselt University, Campus Diepenbeek, Agoralaan, Gebouw D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5462-4842
Francois RineauCentre for Environmental Sciences, Environmental Biology, Hasselt University, Campus Diepenbeek, Agoralaan, Gebouw D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5135-6184
Petr KohoutInstitute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 14220 Prague, Czechia.
Petr BaldrianInstitute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 14220 Prague, Czechia.ORCID 0000-0002-8983-2721
Nico EisenhauerInstitute of Biology, Leipzig University, Puschstr. 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Natalie BeenaertsCentre for Environmental Sciences, Environmental Biology, Hasselt University, Campus Diepenbeek, Agoralaan, Gebouw D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.
Sofie ThijsCentre for Environmental Sciences, Environmental Biology, Hasselt University, Campus Diepenbeek, Agoralaan, Gebouw D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.
Jaco VangronsveldCentre for Environmental Sciences, Environmental Biology, Hasselt University, Campus Diepenbeek, Agoralaan, Gebouw D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.
Nadejda A SoudzilovskaiaCentre for Environmental Sciences, Environmental Biology, Hasselt University, Campus Diepenbeek, Agoralaan, Gebouw D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.

Funding

German Research Foundation 202548816German Research Foundation 862/29-1Hasselt UniversityMinistry of Education, Youth and Sports CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004597Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004635
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mutualistic interactions between plants and soil fungi, mycorrhizas, control carbon and nutrient fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems. Soil of ecosystems featuring a particular type of mycorrhiza exhibit specific properties across multiple dimensions of soil functioning. The knowledge about the impacts of mycorrhizal fungi on soil functioning accumulated so far, indicates that these impacts are of major importance, yet poorly conceptualized. We propose a concept of mycorrhizal fungal environments in soil. Within this concept, we discuss knowledge gaps related to the understanding and quantification of mycorrhizal fungal impacts. We introduce an experimental framework to address these gaps in a quantitative manner, and present the field experiment 'Mycotron', where we established vegetation series featuring three mycorrhizal types; ericoid (ERM), ecto- (ECM), and arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM), to quantitatively assess mycorrhizal fungal impacts on soil functioning. The experimental treatments entail manipulations in dominance levels of vegetation of three mycorrhizal types (AM, ECM, and ERM) in standardized soil conditions. This experiment constitutes a unique testbed to quantitatively evaluate the impacts of distinct mycorrhizal fungal environments on a large variety of ecosystem functions. Our approach aids the quantification of microbiota and plant-microbial interaction impacts on soil biochemical cycles.

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EcosystemMycorrhizaeSoil MicrobiologyPlantsSoilSymbiosisSoilarbuscular mycorrhizaectomycorrhizaericoid mycorrhizaMycotron experimentsoil biochemical cyclessoil properties

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PMID40512519
PMCPMC12320777

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