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Martin FM, Uroz S, Barker DG. Ancestral alliances: Plant mutualistic symbioses with fungi and bacteria. Science 2017; 356:356/6340/eaad4501. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aad4501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 235] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Peyraud R, Dubiella U, Barbacci A, Genin S, Raffaele S, Roby D. Advances on plant-pathogen interactions from molecular toward systems biology perspectives. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 90:720-737. [PMID: 27870294 PMCID: PMC5516170 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2016] [Revised: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 11/14/2016] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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In the past 2 decades, progress in molecular analyses of the plant immune system has revealed key elements of a complex response network. Current paradigms depict the interaction of pathogen-secreted molecules with host target molecules leading to the activation of multiple plant response pathways. Further research will be required to fully understand how these responses are integrated in space and time, and exploit this knowledge in agriculture. In this review, we highlight systems biology as a promising approach to reveal properties of molecular plant-pathogen interactions and predict the outcome of such interactions. We first illustrate a few key concepts in plant immunity with a network and systems biology perspective. Next, we present some basic principles of systems biology and show how they allow integrating multiomics data and predict cell phenotypes. We identify challenges for systems biology of plant-pathogen interactions, including the reconstruction of multiscale mechanistic models and the connection of host and pathogen models. Finally, we outline studies on resistance durability through the robustness of immune system networks, the identification of trade-offs between immunity and growth and in silico plant-pathogen co-evolution as exciting perspectives in the field. We conclude that the development of sophisticated models of plant diseases incorporating plant, pathogen and climate properties represent a major challenge for agriculture in the future.
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- Rémi Peyraud
- LIPMUniversité de ToulouseINRACNRSCastanet‐TolosanFrance
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- LIPMUniversité de ToulouseINRACNRSCastanet‐TolosanFrance
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- LIPMUniversité de ToulouseINRACNRSCastanet‐TolosanFrance
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Kamel L, Tang N, Malbreil M, San Clemente H, Le Marquer M, Roux C, Frei dit Frey N. The Comparison of Expressed Candidate Secreted Proteins from Two Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Unravels Common and Specific Molecular Tools to Invade Different Host Plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:124. [PMID: 28223991 PMCID: PMC5293756 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 01/20/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), belonging to the fungal phylum Glomeromycota, form mutualistic symbioses with roots of almost 80% of land plants. The release of genomic data from the ubiquitous AMF Rhizophagus irregularis revealed that this species possesses a large set of putative secreted proteins (RiSPs) that could be of major importance for establishing the symbiosis. In the present study, we aimed to identify SPs involved in the establishment of AM symbiosis based on comparative gene expression analyses. We first curated the secretome of the R. irregularis DAOM 197198 strain based on two available genomic assemblies. Then we analyzed the expression patterns of the putative RiSPs obtained from the fungus in symbiotic association with three phylogenetically distant host plants-a monocot, a dicot and a liverwort-in comparison with non-symbiotic stages. We found that 33 out of 84 RiSPs induced in planta were commonly up-regulated in these three hosts. Most of these common RiSPs are small proteins of unknown function that may represent putative host non-specific effector proteins. We further investigated the expressed secretome of Gigaspora rosea, an AM fungal species phylogenetically distant from R. irregularis. G. rosea also presents original symbiotic features, a narrower host spectrum and a restrictive geographic distribution compared to R. irregularis. Interestingly, when analyzing up-regulated G. rosea SPs (GrSPs) in different hosts, a higher ratio of host-specific GrSPs was found compared to RiSPs. Such difference of expression patterns may mirror the restrained host spectrum of G. rosea compared to R. irregularis. Finally, we identified a set of conserved SPs, commonly up-regulated by both fungi in all hosts tested, that could correspond to common keys of AMF to colonize host plants. Our data thus highlight the specificities of two distant AM fungi and help in understanding their conserved and specific strategies to invade different hosts.
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- Laurent Kamel
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université Paul Sabatier - Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueCastanet-Tolosan, France
- Agronutrition, Laboratoire de BiotechnologiesLabege, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université Paul Sabatier - Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueCastanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université Paul Sabatier - Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueCastanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université Paul Sabatier - Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueCastanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université Paul Sabatier - Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueCastanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université Paul Sabatier - Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueCastanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université Paul Sabatier - Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueCastanet-Tolosan, France
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Amaro TMMM, Thilliez GJA, Motion GB, Huitema E. A Perspective on CRN Proteins in the Genomics Age: Evolution, Classification, Delivery and Function Revisited. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:99. [PMID: 28217133 PMCID: PMC5289972 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2016] [Accepted: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plant associated microbes rely on secreted virulence factors (effectors) to modulate host immunity and ensure progressive infection. Amongst the secreted protein repertoires defined and studied in pathogens to date, the CRNs (for CRinkling and Necrosis) have emerged as one of only a few highly conserved protein families, spread across several kingdoms. CRN proteins were first identified in plant pathogenic oomycetes where they were found to be modular factors that are secreted and translocated inside host cells by means of a conserved N-terminal domain. Subsequent localization and functional studies have led to the view that CRN C-termini execute their presumed effector function in the host nucleus, targeting processes required for immunity. These findings have led to great interest in this large protein family and driven the identification of additional CRN-like proteins in other organisms. The identification of CRN proteins and subsequent functional studies have markedly increased the number of candidate CRN protein sequences, expanded the range of phenotypes tentatively associated with function and revealed some of their molecular functions toward virulence. The increased number of characterized CRNs also has presented a set of challenges that may impede significant progress in the future. Here, we summarize our current understanding of the CRNs and re-assess some basic assumptions regarding this protein family. We will discuss the latest findings on CRN biology and highlight exciting new hypotheses that have emanated from the field. Finally, we will discuss new approaches to study CRN functions that would lead to a better understanding of CRN effector biology as well as the processes that lead to host susceptibility and immunity.
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- Tiago M. M. M. Amaro
- Division of Plant Sciences, University of DundeeDundee, UK
- Dundee Effector ConsortiumDundee, UK
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- Division of Plant Sciences, University of DundeeDundee, UK
- Dundee Effector ConsortiumDundee, UK
- Cell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton InstituteInvergowrie, UK
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- Division of Plant Sciences, University of DundeeDundee, UK
- Dundee Effector ConsortiumDundee, UK
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- Division of Plant Sciences, University of DundeeDundee, UK
- Dundee Effector ConsortiumDundee, UK
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Sugimura Y, Saito K. Transcriptional profiling of arbuscular mycorrhizal roots exposed to high levels of phosphate reveals the repression of cell cycle-related genes and secreted protein genes in Rhizophagus irregularis. MYCORRHIZA 2017; 27:139-146. [PMID: 27766430 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-016-0735-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2016] [Accepted: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The development of arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) is strongly suppressed under high-phosphate (Pi) conditions. To investigate AM fungal responses during the suppression of AM by high Pi, we performed an RNA-seq analysis of Rhizophagus irregularis colonizing Lotus japonicus roots at different levels of Pi (20, 100, 300, and 500 μM). AM fungal colonization decreased markedly under high-Pi conditions. In total, 163 fungal genes were differentially expressed among the four Pi treatments. Among these genes, a cell cycle-regulatory gene, cyclin-dependent kinase CDK1, and several DNA replication- and mitosis-related genes were repressed under high-Pi conditions. More than 20 genes encoding secreted proteins were also downregulated by high-Pi conditions, including the strigolactone-induced putative secreted protein 1 gene that enhances AM fungal colonization. In contrast, the expression of genes related to aerobic respiration and transport in R. irregularis were largely unaffected. Our data suggest that high Pi suppresses the expression of genes associated with fungal cell cycle progression or that encode secreted proteins that may be required for intercellular hyphal growth and arbuscule formation. However, high Pi has little effect on the transcriptional regulation of the primary metabolism or transport in preformed fungal structures.
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- Yusaku Sugimura
- Department of Bioscience and Food Production Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Minamiminowa, Nagano, 399-4598, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Minamiminowa, Nagano, 399-4598, Japan.
- Research Center for Fungal & Microbial Dynamism, Shinshu University, Minamiminowa, Nagano, 399-4598, Japan.
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Corradi N, Brachmann A. Fungal Mating in the Most Widespread Plant Symbionts? TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 22:175-183. [PMID: 27876487 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2016.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2016] [Revised: 10/26/2016] [Accepted: 10/28/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are relevant plant symbionts whose hyphae and spores carry hundreds of coexisting nuclei with supposedly divergent genomes but no sign of sexual reproduction. This unusual biology suggested that conventional fungal mating is not amendable to optimize strains for plant growth, but recent evidence of sexual-related nuclear inheritance in these organisms is now challenging this widespread notion. Here, we outline our knowledge of AMF genetics within a historical context, and discuss how past and new information in this area changed our understanding of AMF biology. We also highlight the mating-related processes in AMF, and propose new research avenues and approaches that could lead to a better application of these organisms for agricultural and environmental practices.
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- Nicolas Corradi
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
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- LMU Munich, Faculty of Biology, Genetics, D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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Orchard S, Hilton S, Bending GD, Dickie IA, Standish RJ, Gleeson DB, Jeffery RP, Powell JR, Walker C, Bass D, Monk J, Simonin A, Ryan MH. Fine endophytes (Glomus tenue) are related to Mucoromycotina, not Glomeromycota. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2017; 213:481-486. [PMID: 27768808 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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- Suzanne Orchard
- School of Plant Biology and Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley (Perth), WA, 6009, Australia
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Lincoln, 7647, New Zealand
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- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia
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- Soil Biology and Molecular Ecology Group, School of Earth and Environment and The Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley (Perth), WA, 6009, Australia
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- School of Plant Biology and Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley (Perth), WA, 6009, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia
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- School of Plant Biology and Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley (Perth), WA, 6009, Australia
- Royal Botanic Garden, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, UK
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- Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5DB, UK
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- Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Lincoln, 7647, New Zealand
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia
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- School of Plant Biology and Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley (Perth), WA, 6009, Australia
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Kamel L, Keller-Pearson M, Roux C, Ané JM. Biology and evolution of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in the light of genomics. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2017; 213:531-536. [PMID: 27780291 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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531 I. 531 II. 532 III. 532 IV. 534 V. 534 535 References 535 SUMMARY: Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi associate with the vast majority of land plants, providing mutual nutritional benefits and protecting hosts against biotic and abiotic stresses. Significant progress was made recently in our understanding of the genomic organization, the obligate requirements, and the sexual nature of these fungi through the release and subsequent mining of genome sequences. Genomic and genetic approaches also improved our understanding of the signal repertoire used by AM fungi and their plant hosts to recognize each other for the initiation and maintenance of this association. Evolutionary and bioinformatic analyses of host and nonhost plant genomes represent novel ways with which to decipher host mechanisms controlling these associations and shed light on the stepwise acquisition of this genetic toolkit during plant evolution. Mining fungal and plant genomes along with evolutionary and genetic approaches will improve understanding of these symbiotic associations and, in the long term, their usefulness in agricultural settings.
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- Laurent Kamel
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université de Toulouse, UPS, CNRS 24 Chemin de Borde Rouge-Auzeville, BP 42617, 31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Agronutrition SA, rue Pierre et Marie Curie Immeuble Biostep, 31670, Labège, France
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université de Toulouse, UPS, CNRS 24 Chemin de Borde Rouge-Auzeville, BP 42617, 31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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Mycorrhizal fungi belong to several taxa and develop mutualistic symbiotic associations with over 90% of all plant species, from liverworts to angiosperms. While descriptive approaches have dominated the initial studies of these fascinating symbioses, the advent of molecular biology, live cell imaging, and “omics” techniques have provided new and powerful tools to decipher the cellular and molecular mechanisms that rule mutualistic plant-fungus interactions. In this article we focus on the most common mycorrhizal association, arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM), which is formed by a group of soil fungi belonging to Glomeromycota. AM fungi are believed to have assisted the conquest of dry lands by early plants around 450 million years ago and are found today in most land ecosystems. AM fungi have several peculiar biological traits, including obligate biotrophy, intracellular development inside the plant tissues, coenocytic multinucleate hyphae, and spores, as well as unique genetics, such as the putative absence of a sexual cycle, and multiple ecological functions. All of these features make the study of AM fungi as intriguing as it is challenging, and their symbiotic association with most crop plants is currently raising a broad interest in agronomic contexts for the potential use of AM fungi in sustainable production under conditions of low chemical input.
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Xie X, Lin H, Peng X, Xu C, Sun Z, Jiang K, Huang A, Wu X, Tang N, Salvioli A, Bonfante P, Zhao B. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis Requires a Phosphate Transceptor in the Gigaspora margarita Fungal Symbiont. MOLECULAR PLANT 2016; 9:1583-1608. [PMID: 27688206 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2016.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2016] [Revised: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 08/17/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The majority of terrestrial vascular plants are capable of forming mutualistic associations with obligate biotrophic arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi from the phylum Glomeromycota. This mutualistic symbiosis provides carbohydrates to the fungus, and reciprocally improves plant phosphate uptake. AM fungal transporters can acquire phosphate from the soil through the hyphal networks. Nevertheless, the precise functions of AM fungal phosphate transporters, and whether they act as sensors or as nutrient transporters, in fungal signal transduction remain unclear. Here, we report a high-affinity phosphate transporter GigmPT from Gigaspora margarita that is required for AM symbiosis. Host-induced gene silencing of GigmPT hampers the development of G. margarita during AM symbiosis. Most importantly, GigmPT functions as a phosphate transceptor in G. margarita regarding the activation of the phosphate signaling pathway as well as the protein kinase A signaling cascade. Using the substituted-cysteine accessibility method, we identified residues A146 (in transmembrane domain [TMD] IV) and Val357 (in TMD VIII) of GigmPT, both of which are critical for phosphate signaling and transport in yeast during growth induction. Collectively, our results provide significant insights into the molecular functions of a phosphate transceptor from the AM fungus G. margarita.
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- Xianan Xie
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P.R.China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P.R.China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P.R.China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P.R.China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P.R.China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P.R.China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P.R.China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P.R.China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P.R.China
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Viale Mattioli 25, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Viale Mattioli 25, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P.R.China.
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Uniting species- and community-oriented approaches to understand arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity. FUNGAL ECOL 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2016.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cao H, Pang E, Lin K. Hierarchical Map of Orthologous Genomic Regions Reconstructed from Two Closely Related Genomes: Cucumber Case Study. THE PLANT GENOME 2016; 9. [PMID: 27902804 DOI: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.10.0099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Accurate identification of orthologous genomic regions (OGRs) between two closely related genomes is crucial for the reliable detection of genomic changes, which range from small-scale changes (e.g., single nucleotide or small nucleotides) to large-scale structural changes. Although diverse OGRs inferred at different levels have been successfully applied to address various biological questions, a limited number of studies have simultaneously integrated OGRs from different levels. Here, we report on a new approach to construct a hierarchical map of OGRs. Using different types of genomic markers, this approach was applied to two very closely related cucumber genomes [ L. var. and L. var. (Royle) Alef.]. We identified two different levels of OGRs using Mugsy (denoted as dnaOGRs) and i-ADHoRe (denoted as proOGRs). Using information regarding the anchored chromosomes of the two genomes, a third level of OGRs (denoted chrOGRs) could be built at the chromosomal level. Together, these OGRs could be organized into a hierarchical map that represented the parent-child relationships (chrOGR:proOGRs:dnaOGRs) between the two genomes. For this case study, the map consisted of seven chrOGRs, 540 proOGRs, and 22,321 dnaOGRs. Based on this map, we designed different methods to detect both small-scale and large-scale genomic changes. Surprisingly, many genomic changes were detected at each OGR level despite the very short divergence time between the two subspecies. Together, our results show that a hierarchical map of OGRs and their related genomic changes are useful resources for elucidating the diversity and evolution of cucumber genomes and phenotypes.
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Li T, Sun Y, Ruan Y, Xu L, Hu Y, Hao Z, Zhang X, Li H, Wang Y, Yang L, Chen B. Potential role of D-myo-inositol-3-phosphate synthase and 14-3-3 genes in the crosstalk between Zea mays and Rhizophagus intraradices under drought stress. MYCORRHIZA 2016; 26:879-893. [PMID: 27456042 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-016-0723-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis is known to stimulate plant drought tolerance. However, the mechanisms underlying the synergistic responses of the symbiotic partners to drought stress are largely unknown. A split-root experiment was designed to investigate the molecular interactions between a host plant and an AM fungus (AMF) under drought stress. In the two-compartment cultivation system, an entire or only a half root system of a maize plant was inoculated with an AMF, Rhizophagus intraradices, in the presence of localized or systemic drought treatment. Plant physiological parameters including growth, water status, and phosphorus concentration, and the expression of drought tolerance-related genes in both roots and R. intraradices were recorded. Although mycorrhizal inoculation in either one or both compartments systemically decreased abscisic acid (ABA) content in the whole root system subjected to systemic or local drought stress, we observed local and/or systemic AM effects on root physiological traits and the expression of functional genes in both roots and R. intraradices. Interestingly, the simultaneous increase in the expression of plant genes encoding D-myo-inositol-3-phosphate synthase (IPS) and 14-3-3-like protein GF14 (14-3GF), which were responsible for ABA signal transduction, was found to be involved in the activation of 14-3-3 protein and aquaporins (GintAQPF1 and GintAQPF2) in R. intraradices. These findings suggest that coexpression of IPS and 14-3GF is responsible for the crosstalk between maize and R. intraradices under drought stress, and potentially induces the synergistic actions of the symbiotic partners in enhancing plant drought tolerance.
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- Tao Li
- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
- Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Resources, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100097, China
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- Beijing Agricultural Machinery Experiment Appraisal Popularization Station, Beijing, 100079, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China.
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Badri A, Stefani FOP, Lachance G, Roy-Arcand L, Beaudet D, Vialle A, Hijri M. Molecular diagnostic toolkit for Rhizophagus irregularis isolate DAOM-197198 using quantitative PCR assay targeting the mitochondrial genome. MYCORRHIZA 2016; 26:721-33. [PMID: 27220880 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-016-0708-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Rhizophagus irregularis (previously named Glomus irregulare) is one of the most widespread and common arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) species. It has been recovered worldwide in agricultural and natural soils, and the isolate DAOM-197198 has been utilized as a commercial inoculant for two decades. Despite the ecological and economical importance of this taxon, specific markers for quantification of propagules by quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) are extremely limited and none have been rigorously validated for quality control of manufactured products such as biofertilizers. From the sequencing of 14 complete AMF mitochondrial (mt) genomes, a qPCR assay using a hydrolysis probe designed in the single copy cox3-rnl intergenic region was tested and validated to specifically and accurately quantify the spores of R. irregularis isolate DAOM-197198. Specificity tests were performed using standard PCR and qPCR, and results clearly showed that the primers specifically amplified the isolate DAOM-197198, yielding a PCR product of 106 bp. According to the qPCR analyses on spores produced in vitro, the average copy number of mt genomes per spore was 3172 ± 304 SE (n = 6). Quantification assays were successfully undertaken on known and unknown samples in liquid suspensions and commercial dry formulations to show the accuracy, precision, robustness, and reproducibility of the qPCR assay. This study provides a powerful molecular toolkit specifically designed to quantify spores of the model AMF isolate DAOM-197198. The approach of molecular toolkit used in our study could be applied to other AMF taxa and will be useful to research institutions and governmental and industrial laboratories running routine quality control of AMF-based products.
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- Amine Badri
- Centre de recherche sur les biotechnologies marines, 2e Rue Est, Rimouski, QC, G5L 9H3, Canada
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- Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, 4101 Rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, QC, H1X 2B2, Canada
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- Premier Tech, 1 avenue Premier, Campus Premier Tech, Rivière-du-Loup, QC, G5R 6C1, Canada
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- Premier Tech, 1 avenue Premier, Campus Premier Tech, Rivière-du-Loup, QC, G5R 6C1, Canada
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- Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, 4101 Rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, QC, H1X 2B2, Canada
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- Biopterre-Centre de développement des bioproduits, 1642, Rue de la Ferme, La Pocatière, Québec, G0R 1Z0, Canada
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- Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, 4101 Rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, QC, H1X 2B2, Canada.
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Wyss T, Masclaux FG, Rosikiewicz P, Pagni M, Sanders IR. Population genomics reveals that within-fungus polymorphism is common and maintained in populations of the mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis. THE ISME JOURNAL 2016; 10:2514-26. [PMID: 26953600 PMCID: PMC5030683 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2016.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2015] [Revised: 01/22/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are symbionts of most plants, increasing plant growth and diversity. The model AM fungus Rhizophagus irregularis (isolate DAOM 197198) exhibits low within-fungus polymorphism. In contrast, another study reported high within-fungus variability. Experiments with other R. irregularis isolates suggest that within-fungus genetic variation can affect the fungal phenotype and plant growth, highlighting the biological importance of such variation. We investigated whether there is evidence of differing levels of within-fungus polymorphism in an R. irregularis population. We genotyped 20 isolates using restriction site-associated DNA sequencing and developed novel approaches for characterizing polymorphism among haploid nuclei. All isolates exhibited higher within-isolate poly-allelic single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) densities than DAOM 197198 in repeated and non-repeated sites mapped to the reference genome. Poly-allelic SNPs were independently confirmed. Allele frequencies within isolates deviated from diploids or tetraploids, or that expected for a strict dikaryote. Phylogeny based on poly-allelic sites was robust and mirrored the standard phylogeny. This indicates that within-fungus genetic variation is maintained in AM fungal populations. Our results predict a heterokaryotic state in the population, considerable differences in copy number variation among isolates and divergence among the copies, or aneuploidy in some isolates. The variation may be a combination of all of these hypotheses. Within-isolate genetic variation in R. irregularis leads to large differences in plant growth. Therefore, characterizing genomic variation within AM fungal populations is of major ecological importance.
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- Tania Wyss
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Vital-IT, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Vital-IT, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Fiorilli V, Belmondo S, Khouja HR, Abbà S, Faccio A, Daghino S, Lanfranco L. RiPEIP1, a gene from the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis, is preferentially expressed in planta and may be involved in root colonization. MYCORRHIZA 2016; 26:609-621. [PMID: 27075897 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-016-0697-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2016] [Accepted: 04/05/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Transcriptomics and genomics data recently obtained from the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus Rhizophagus irregularis have offered new opportunities to decipher the contribution of the fungal partner to the establishment of the symbiotic association. The large number of genes which do not show similarity to known proteins witnesses the uniqueness of this group of plant-associated fungi. In this work, we characterize a gene that was called RiPEIP1 (Preferentially Expressed In Planta). Its expression is strongly induced in the intraradical phase, including arbuscules, and follows the expression profile of the Medicago truncatula phosphate transporter MtPT4, a molecular marker of a functional symbiosis. Indeed, mtpt4 mutant plants, which exhibit low mycorrhizal colonization and an accelerated arbuscule turnover, also show a reduced RiPEIP1 mRNA abundance. To further characterize RiPEIP1, in the absence of genetic transformation protocols for AM fungi, we took advantage of two different fungal heterologous systems. When expressed as a GFP fusion in yeast cells, RiPEIP1 localizes in the endomembrane system, in particular to the endoplasmic reticulum, which is consistent with the in silico prediction of four transmembrane domains. We then generated RiPEIP1-expressing strains of the fungus Oidiodendron maius, ericoid endomycorrhizal fungus for which transformation protocols are available. Roots of Vaccinium myrtillus colonized by RiPEIP1-expressing transgenic strains showed a higher mycorrhization level compared to roots colonized by the O. maius wild-type strain, suggesting that RiPEIP1 may regulate the root colonization process.
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- Valentina Fiorilli
- Department of Life Science and Systems Biology, University of Torino, via Accademia Albertina 13, 10123, Torino, Italy.
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- Department of Life Science and Systems Biology, University of Torino, via Accademia Albertina 13, 10123, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Life Science and Systems Biology, University of Torino, via Accademia Albertina 13, 10123, Torino, Italy
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP), CNR, Strada delle Cacce 73, 10135, Torino, Italy
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP), CNR, Strada delle Cacce 73, 10135, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Life Science and Systems Biology, University of Torino, via Accademia Albertina 13, 10123, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Life Science and Systems Biology, University of Torino, via Accademia Albertina 13, 10123, Torino, Italy
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Phylogenetically Structured Differences in rRNA Gene Sequence Variation among Species of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Their Implications for Sequence Clustering. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:4921-30. [PMID: 27260357 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00816-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2016] [Accepted: 05/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi form mutualisms with plant roots that increase plant growth and shape plant communities. Each AM fungal cell contains a large amount of genetic diversity, but it is unclear if this diversity varies across evolutionary lineages. We found that sequence variation in the nuclear large-subunit (LSU) rRNA gene from 29 isolates representing 21 AM fungal species generally assorted into genus- and species-level clades, with the exception of species of the genera Claroideoglomus and Entrophospora However, there were significant differences in the levels of sequence variation across the phylogeny and between genera, indicating that it is an evolutionarily constrained trait in AM fungi. These consistent patterns of sequence variation across both phylogenetic and taxonomic groups pose challenges to interpreting operational taxonomic units (OTUs) as approximations of species-level groups of AM fungi. We demonstrate that the OTUs produced by five sequence clustering methods using 97% or equivalent sequence similarity thresholds failed to match the expected species of AM fungi, although OTUs from AbundantOTU, CD-HIT-OTU, and CROP corresponded better to species than did OTUs from mothur or UPARSE. This lack of OTU-to-species correspondence resulted both from sequences of one species being split into multiple OTUs and from sequences of multiple species being lumped into the same OTU. The OTU richness therefore will not reliably correspond to the AM fungal species richness in environmental samples. Conservatively, this error can overestimate species richness by 4-fold or underestimate richness by one-half, and the direction of this error will depend on the genera represented in the sample. IMPORTANCE Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi form important mutualisms with the roots of most plant species. Individual AM fungi are genetically diverse, but it is unclear whether the level of this diversity differs among evolutionary lineages. We found that the amount of sequence variation in an rRNA gene that is commonly used to identify AM fungal species varied significantly between evolutionary groups that correspond to different genera, with the exception of two genera that are genetically indistinguishable from each other. When we clustered groups of similar sequences into operational taxonomic units (OTUs) using five different clustering methods, these patterns of sequence variation caused the number of OTUs to either over- or underestimate the actual number of AM fungal species, depending on the genus. Our results indicate that OTU-based inferences about AM fungal species composition from environmental sequences can be improved if they take these taxonomically structured patterns of sequence variation into account.
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Vannini C, Carpentieri A, Salvioli A, Novero M, Marsoni M, Testa L, de Pinto MC, Amoresano A, Ortolani F, Bracale M, Bonfante P. An interdomain network: the endobacterium of a mycorrhizal fungus promotes antioxidative responses in both fungal and plant hosts. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2016; 211:265-275. [PMID: 26914272 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are obligate plant biotrophs that may contain endobacteria in their cytoplasm. Genome sequencing of Candidatus Glomeribacter gigasporarum revealed a reduced genome and dependence on the fungal host. RNA-seq analysis of the AMF Gigaspora margarita in the presence and absence of the endobacterium indicated that endobacteria have an important role in the fungal pre-symbiotic phase by enhancing fungal bioenergetic capacity. To improve the understanding of fungal-endobacterial interactions, iTRAQ (isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantification) quantitative proteomics was used to identify differentially expressed proteins in G. margarita germinating spores with endobacteria (B+), without endobacteria in the cured line (B-) and after application of the synthetic strigolactone GR24. Proteomic, transcriptomic and biochemical data identified several fungal and bacterial proteins involved in interspecies interactions. Endobacteria influenced fungal growth, calcium signalling and metabolism. The greatest effects were on fungal primary metabolism and respiration, which was 50% higher in B+ than in B-. A shift towards pentose phosphate metabolism was detected in B-. Quantification of carbonylated proteins indicated that the B- line had higher oxidative stress levels, which were also observed in two host plants. This study shows that endobacteria generate a complex interdomain network that affects AMF and fungal-plant interactions.
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- Candida Vannini
- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Università dell'Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 3, I-21100, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Università di Napoli 'Federico II', via Cintia 4, I-80126, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Università di Torino, viale Mattioli 25, I-10125, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Università di Torino, viale Mattioli 25, I-10125, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Università dell'Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 3, I-21100, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Università dell'Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 3, I-21100, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Università di Bari 'Aldo Moro', via E. Orabona 4, I-70125, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Università di Napoli 'Federico II', via Cintia 4, I-80126, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Università dell'Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 3, I-21100, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Università dell'Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 3, I-21100, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Università di Torino, viale Mattioli 25, I-10125, Torino, Italy
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Belmondo S, Marschall R, Tudzynski P, López Ráez JA, Artuso E, Prandi C, Lanfranco L. Identification of genes involved in fungal responses to strigolactones using mutants from fungal pathogens. Curr Genet 2016; 63:201-213. [DOI: 10.1007/s00294-016-0626-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Revised: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Field KJ, Rimington WR, Bidartondo MI, Allinson KE, Beerling DJ, Cameron DD, Duckett JG, Leake JR, Pressel S. Functional analysis of liverworts in dual symbiosis with Glomeromycota and Mucoromycotina fungi under a simulated Palaeozoic CO2 decline. THE ISME JOURNAL 2016; 10:1514-26. [PMID: 26613340 PMCID: PMC5029179 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2015] [Revised: 10/08/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Most land plants form mutualistic associations with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of the Glomeromycota, but recent studies have found that ancient plant lineages form mutualisms with Mucoromycotina fungi. Simultaneous associations with both fungal lineages have now been found in some plants, necessitating studies to understand the functional and evolutionary significance of these tripartite associations for the first time. We investigate the physiology and cytology of dual fungal symbioses in the early-diverging liverworts Allisonia and Neohodgsonia at modern and Palaeozoic-like elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations under which they are thought to have evolved. We found enhanced carbon cost to liverworts with simultaneous Mucoromycotina and Glomeromycota associations, greater nutrient gain compared with those symbiotic with only one fungal group in previous experiments and contrasting responses to atmospheric CO2 among liverwort-fungal symbioses. In liverwort-Mucoromycotina symbioses, there is increased P-for-C and N-for-C exchange efficiency at 440 p.p.m. compared with 1500 p.p.m. CO2. In liverwort-Glomeromycota symbioses, P-for-C exchange is lower at ambient CO2 compared with elevated CO2. No characteristic cytologies of dual symbiosis were identified. We provide evidence of a distinct physiological niche for plant symbioses with Mucoromycotina fungi, giving novel insight into why dual symbioses with Mucoromycotina and Glomeromycota fungi persist to the present day.
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- Katie J Field
- School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, Western Bank, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, Western Bank, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, Western Bank, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, Western Bank, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK
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Thiéry O, Vasar M, Jairus T, Davison J, Roux C, Kivistik PA, Metspalu A, Milani L, Saks Ü, Moora M, Zobel M, Öpik M. Sequence variation in nuclear ribosomal small subunit, internal transcribed spacer and large subunit regions ofRhizophagus irregularisandGigaspora margaritais high and isolate-dependent. Mol Ecol 2016; 25:2816-32. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.13655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2014] [Revised: 03/29/2016] [Accepted: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Odile Thiéry
- Department of Botany; University of Tartu; 40 Lai St. 51005 Tartu Estonia
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- Department of Botany; University of Tartu; 40 Lai St. 51005 Tartu Estonia
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- Department of Botany; University of Tartu; 40 Lai St. 51005 Tartu Estonia
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- Department of Botany; University of Tartu; 40 Lai St. 51005 Tartu Estonia
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales; UPS; CNRS 24 chemin de Borde Rouge-Auzeville; BP 42617; Université de Toulouse; 31326 Castanet-Tolosan France
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- Estonian Genome Center; University of Tartu; 23b Riia St. 51010 Tartu Estonia
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- Estonian Genome Center; University of Tartu; 23b Riia St. 51010 Tartu Estonia
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- Estonian Genome Center; University of Tartu; 23b Riia St. 51010 Tartu Estonia
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- Department of Botany; University of Tartu; 40 Lai St. 51005 Tartu Estonia
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- Department of Botany; University of Tartu; 40 Lai St. 51005 Tartu Estonia
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- Department of Botany; University of Tartu; 40 Lai St. 51005 Tartu Estonia
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- Department of Botany; University of Tartu; 40 Lai St. 51005 Tartu Estonia
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Soil metaproteomics reveals an inter-kingdom stress response to the presence of black truffles. Sci Rep 2016; 6:25773. [PMID: 27161395 PMCID: PMC4861934 DOI: 10.1038/srep25773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2016] [Accepted: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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For some truffle species of the Tuber genus, the symbiotic phase is often associated with the presence of an area of scant vegetation, commonly known as the brûlé, around the host tree. Previous metagenomics studies have identified the microorganisms present inside and outside the brûlé of a Tuber melanosporum truffle-ground, but the molecular mechanisms that operate in this ecological niche remain to be clarified. To elucidate the metabolic pathways present in the brûlé, we conducted a metaproteomics analysis on the soil of a characterized truffle-ground and cross-referenced the resulting proteins with a database we constructed, incorporating the metagenomics data for the organisms previously identified in this soil. The soil inside the brûlé contained a larger number of proteins and, surprisingly, more proteins from plants, compared with the soil outside the brûlé. In addition, Fisher's Exact Tests detected more biological processes inside the brûlé; these processes were related to responses to multiple types of stress. Thus, although the brûlé has a reduced diversity of plant and microbial species, the organisms in the brûlé show strong metabolic activity. Also, the combination of metagenomics and metaproteomics provides a powerful tool to reveal soil functioning.
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The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonising roots and root nodules of New Zealand kauri Agathis australis. Fungal Biol 2016; 120:807-17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2016.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2015] [Revised: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Zhang D, Burroughs AM, Vidal ND, Iyer LM, Aravind L. Transposons to toxins: the provenance, architecture and diversification of a widespread class of eukaryotic effectors. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:3513-33. [PMID: 27060143 PMCID: PMC4857004 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Enzymatic effectors targeting nucleic acids, proteins and other cellular components are the mainstay of conflicts across life forms. Using comparative genomics we identify a large class of eukaryotic proteins, which include effectors from oomycetes, fungi and other parasites. The majority of these proteins have a characteristic domain architecture with one of several N-terminal 'Header' domains, which are predicted to play a role in trafficking of these effectors, including a novel version of the Ubiquitin fold. The Headers are followed by one or more diverse C-terminal domains, such as restriction endonuclease (REase), protein kinase, HNH endonuclease, LK-nuclease (a RNase) and multiple distinct peptidase domains, which are predicted to carry their toxicity determinants. The most common types of these proteins appear to have originated from prokaryotic transposases (e.g. TN7 and Mu) and combine a CDC6/ORC1-STAND clade NTPase domain with a C-terminal REase domain. Other than the so-called Crinkler effectors of oomycetes and fungi, these effectors are encoded by other eukaryotic parasites such as trypanosomatids (the RHS proteins) and the rhizarian Plasmodiophora, and symbionts like Capsaspora Remarkably, we also find these proteins in free-living eukaryotes, including several viridiplantae, fungi, amoebozoans and animals. These versions might either still be transposons or function in other poorly understood eukaryote-specific inter-organismal and inter-genomic conflicts. These include the Medea1 selfish element of Tribolium that spreads via post-zygotic killing. We present a unified mechanism for the recombination-dependent diversification and action of this widespread class of molecular weaponry deployed across diverse conflicts ranging from parasitic to free-living forms.
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- Dapeng Zhang
- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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Tsuzuki S, Handa Y, Takeda N, Kawaguchi M. Strigolactone-Induced Putative Secreted Protein 1 Is Required for the Establishment of Symbiosis by the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus Rhizophagus irregularis. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2016; 29:277-86. [PMID: 26757243 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-10-15-0234-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis is the most widespread association between plants and fungi. To provide novel insights into the molecular mechanisms of AM symbiosis, we screened and investigated genes of the AM fungus Rhizophagus irregularis that contribute to the infection of host plants. R. irregularis genes involved in the infection were explored by RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis. One of the identified genes was then characterized by a reverse genetic approach using host-induced gene silencing (HIGS), which causes RNA interference in the fungus via the host plant. The RNA-seq analysis revealed that 19 genes are up-regulated by both treatment with strigolactone (SL) (a plant symbiotic signal) and symbiosis. Eleven of the 19 genes were predicted to encode secreted proteins and, of these, SL-induced putative secreted protein 1 (SIS1) showed the largest induction under both conditions. In hairy roots of Medicago truncatula, SIS1 expression is knocked down by HIGS, resulting in significant suppression of colonization and formation of stunted arbuscules. These results suggest that SIS1 is a putative secreted protein that is induced in a wide spatiotemporal range including both the presymbiotic and symbiotic stages and that SIS1 positively regulates colonization of host plants by R. irregularis.
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- Syusaku Tsuzuki
- 1 Division of Symbiotic Systems, National Institute for Basic Biology, Nishigonaka 38, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Aichi, Japan; and
- 2 Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Nishigonaka 38, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Aichi, Japan
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- 1 Division of Symbiotic Systems, National Institute for Basic Biology, Nishigonaka 38, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Aichi, Japan; and
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- 1 Division of Symbiotic Systems, National Institute for Basic Biology, Nishigonaka 38, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Aichi, Japan; and
- 2 Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Nishigonaka 38, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Aichi, Japan
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- 1 Division of Symbiotic Systems, National Institute for Basic Biology, Nishigonaka 38, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Aichi, Japan; and
- 2 Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Nishigonaka 38, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Aichi, Japan
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Ramirez-Garcés D, Camborde L, Pel MJC, Jauneau A, Martinez Y, Néant I, Leclerc C, Moreau M, Dumas B, Gaulin E. CRN13 candidate effectors from plant and animal eukaryotic pathogens are DNA-binding proteins which trigger host DNA damage response. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2016; 210:602-17. [PMID: 26700936 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2015] [Accepted: 10/21/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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To successfully colonize their host, pathogens produce effectors that can interfere with host cellular processes. Here we investigated the function of CRN13 candidate effectors produced by plant pathogenic oomycetes and detected in the genome of the amphibian pathogenic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (BdCRN13). When expressed in Nicotiana, AeCRN13, from the legume root pathogen Aphanomyces euteiches, increases the susceptibility of the leaves to the oomycete Phytophthora capsici. When transiently expressed in amphibians or plant cells, AeCRN13 and BdCRN13 localize to the cell nuclei, triggering aberrant cell development and eventually causing cell death. Using Förster resonance energy transfer experiments in plant cells, we showed that both CRN13s interact with nuclear DNA and trigger plant DNA damage response (DDR). Mutating key amino acid residues in a predicted HNH-like endonuclease motif abolished the interaction of AeCRN13 with DNA, the induction of DDR and the enhancement of Nicotiana susceptibility to P. capsici. Finally, H2AX phosphorylation, a marker of DNA damage, and enhanced expression of genes involved in the DDR were observed in A. euteiches-infected Medicago truncatula roots. These results show that CRN13 from plant and animal eukaryotic pathogens promotes host susceptibility by targeting nuclear DNA and inducing DDR.
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- Diana Ramirez-Garcés
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, UPS, Université Toulouse 3, 24 chemin de Borde Rouge, BP42617, Auzeville, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, CNRS, 24 chemin de Borde Rouge, BP42617, Auzeville, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, UPS, Université Toulouse 3, 24 chemin de Borde Rouge, BP42617, Auzeville, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, CNRS, 24 chemin de Borde Rouge, BP42617, Auzeville, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, UPS, Université Toulouse 3, 24 chemin de Borde Rouge, BP42617, Auzeville, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, CNRS, 24 chemin de Borde Rouge, BP42617, Auzeville, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- CNRS, Plateforme Imagerie-Microscopie Plateforme Imagerie-Microscopie, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- CNRS, Plateforme Imagerie-Microscopie Plateforme Imagerie-Microscopie, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Centre de Biologie du Développement, Université Toulouse 3, Toulouse, F31062, France
- CNRS UMR5547, Toulouse, F31062, France
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- Centre de Biologie du Développement, Université Toulouse 3, Toulouse, F31062, France
- CNRS UMR5547, Toulouse, F31062, France
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- Centre de Biologie du Développement, Université Toulouse 3, Toulouse, F31062, France
- CNRS UMR5547, Toulouse, F31062, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, UPS, Université Toulouse 3, 24 chemin de Borde Rouge, BP42617, Auzeville, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, CNRS, 24 chemin de Borde Rouge, BP42617, Auzeville, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, UPS, Université Toulouse 3, 24 chemin de Borde Rouge, BP42617, Auzeville, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, CNRS, 24 chemin de Borde Rouge, BP42617, Auzeville, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Ropars J, Toro KS, Noel J, Pelin A, Charron P, Farinelli L, Marton T, Krüger M, Fuchs J, Brachmann A, Corradi N. Evidence for the sexual origin of heterokaryosis in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16033. [PMID: 27572831 DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Sexual reproduction is ubiquitous among eukaryotes, and fully asexual lineages are extremely rare. Prominent among ancient asexual lineages are the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), a group of plant symbionts with a multinucleate cytoplasm. Genomic divergence among co-existing nuclei was proposed to drive the evolutionary success of AMF in the absence of sex(1), but this hypothesis has been contradicted by recent genome analyses that failed to find significant genetic diversity within an AMF isolate(2,3). Here, we set out to resolve issues surrounding the genome organization and sexual potential of AMF by exploring the genomes of five isolates of Rhizophagus irregularis, a model AMF. We find that genetic diversity in this species varies among isolates and is structured in a homo-dikaryon-like manner usually linked with the existence of a sexual life cycle. We also identify a putative AMF mating-type locus, containing two genes with structural and evolutionary similarities with the mating-type locus of some Dikarya. Our analyses suggest that this locus may be multi-allelic and that AMF could be heterothallic and bipolar. These findings reconcile opposing views on the genome organization of these ubiquitous plant symbionts and open avenues for strain improvement and environmental application of these organisms.
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- Jeanne Ropars
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- FASTERIS S.A., Ch. du Pont-du-Centenaire 109, PO Box 28, CH-1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland
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- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Zámek 1, Průhonice, CZ-25243, Czech Republic
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany
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- LMU Munich, Faculty of Biology, Genetics, D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Tang N, San Clemente H, Roy S, Bécard G, Zhao B, Roux C. A Survey of the Gene Repertoire of Gigaspora rosea Unravels Conserved Features among Glomeromycota for Obligate Biotrophy. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:233. [PMID: 26973612 PMCID: PMC4771724 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are a diverse group of soil fungi (Glomeromycota) that form the most ancient mutualistic association termed AM symbiosis with a majority of land plants, improving their nutrition uptake and resistance to stresses. In contrast to their great ecological implications, the knowledge of the molecular biological mechanisms involved is still scant, partly due to the limited genomic resources available. Here, we describe the gene repertoire of a new AM fungus Gigaspora rosea (Diversisporales). Among the 86332 non-redundant virtual transcripts assembled, 15346 presented similarities with proteins in the Refseq database and 10175 were assigned with GO terms. KOG and Interpro domain annotations clearly showed an enrichment of genes involved in signal transduction in G. rosea. KEGG pathway analysis indicates that most primary metabolic processes are active in G. rosea. However, as for Rhizophagus irregularis, several metabolic genes were not found, including the fatty acid synthase (FAS) gene. This finding supports the hypothesis that AM fungi depend on the lipids produced by their hosts. Furthermore, the presence of a large number of transporters and 100s of secreted proteins, together with the reduced number of plant cell wall degrading enzymes could be interpreted as an evolutionary adaptation to its mutualistic obligate biotrophy. The detection of meiosis-related genes suggests that G. rosea might use a cryptic sexual process. Lastly, a phylogeny of basal fungi clearly shows Glomeromycota as a sister clade to Mucoromycotina, not only to the Mucorales or Mortierellales. The characterization of the gene repertoire from an AM fungal species belonging to the order of Diversisporales and its comparison with the gene sets of R. irregularis (Glomerales) and Gigaspora margarita (Diversisporales), reveal that AM fungi share several features linked to mutualistic obligate biotrophy. This work contributes to lay the foundation for forthcoming studies into the genomics of Diversisporales, and also illuminates the utility of comparing gene repertoires of species from Diversisporales and other clades of Glomeromycota to gain more insights into the genetics and evolution of this fungal group.
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- Nianwu Tang
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan, China
- CNRS, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, UMR, Université Paul Sabatier – Université de ToulouseCastanet Tolosan, France
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- CNRS, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, UMR, Université Paul Sabatier – Université de ToulouseCastanet Tolosan, France
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- AGRONUTRITION Laboratoire de BiotechnologiesToulouse, France
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- CNRS, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, UMR, Université Paul Sabatier – Université de ToulouseCastanet Tolosan, France
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan, China
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- CNRS, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, UMR, Université Paul Sabatier – Université de ToulouseCastanet Tolosan, France
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Tamayo E, Benabdellah K, Ferrol N. Characterization of Three New Glutaredoxin Genes in the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus Rhizophagus irregularis: Putative Role of RiGRX4 and RiGRX5 in Iron Homeostasis. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0149606. [PMID: 26900849 PMCID: PMC4765768 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Glutaredoxins (GRXs) are small ubiquitous oxidoreductases involved in the regulation of the redox state in living cells. In an attempt to identify the full complement of GRXs in the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus Rhizophagus irregularis, three additional GRX homologs, besides the formerly characterized GintGRX1 (renamed here as RiGRX1), were identified. The three new GRXs (RiGRX4, RiGRX5 and RiGRX6) contain the CXXS domain of monothiol GRXs, but whereas RiGRX4 and RiGRX5 belong to class II GRXs, RiGRX6 belongs to class I together with RiGRX1. By using a yeast expression system, we observed that the newly identified homologs partially reverted sensitivity of the GRX deletion yeast strains to external oxidants. Furthermore, our results indicated that RiGRX4 and RiGRX5 play a role in iron homeostasis in yeast. Gene expression analyses revealed that RiGRX1 and RiGRX6 were more highly expressed in the intraradical (IRM) than in the extraradical mycelium (ERM). Exposure of the ERM to hydrogen peroxide induced up-regulation of RiGRX1, RiGRX4 and RiGRX5 gene expression. RiGRX4 expression was also up-regulated in the ERM when the fungus was grown in media supplemented with a high iron concentration. These data indicate the two monothiol class II GRXs, RiGRX4 and RiGRX5, might be involved in oxidative stress protection and in the regulation of fungal iron homeostasis. Increased expression of RiGRX1 and RiGRX6 in the IRM suggests that these GRXs should play a key role in oxidative stress protection of R. irregularis during its in planta phase.
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- Elisabeth Tamayo
- Departamento de Microbiología del Suelo y Sistemas Simbióticos, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain
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- Genomic Medicine Department, GENYO, Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research, Pfizer-University of Granada-Andalusian Regional Government, Parque Tecnológico Ciencias de la Salud, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología del Suelo y Sistemas Simbióticos, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain
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Sędzielewska Toro K, Brachmann A. The effector candidate repertoire of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus clarus. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:101. [PMID: 26861502 PMCID: PMC4746824 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2422-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form an ecologically important symbiosis with more than two thirds of studied land plants. Recent studies of plant-pathogen interactions showed that effector proteins play a key role in host colonization by controlling the plant immune system. We hypothesise that also for symbiotic-plant interactions the secreted effectome of the fungus is a major component of communication and the conservation level of effector proteins between AMF species may be indicative whether they play a fundamental role. Results In this study, we used a bioinformatics pipeline to predict and compare the effector candidate repertoire of the two AMF species, Rhizophagus irregularis and Rhizophagus clarus. Our in silico pipeline revealed a list of 220 R. irregularis candidate effector genes that create a valuable information source to elucidate the mechanism of plant infection and colonization by fungi during AMF symbiotic interaction. While most of the candidate effectors show no homologies to known domains or proteins, the candidates with homologies point to potential roles in signal transduction, cell wall modification or transcription regulation. A remarkable aspect of our work is presence of a large portion of the effector proteins involved in symbiosis, which are not unique to each fungi or plant species, but shared along the Glomeromycota phylum. For 95 % of R. irregularis candidates we found homologs in a R. clarus genome draft generated by Illumina high-throughput sequencing. Interestingly, 9 % of the predicted effectors are at least as conserved between the two Rhizophagus species as proteins with housekeeping functions (similarity > 90 %). Therefore, we state that this group of highly conserved effector proteins between AMF species may play a fundamental role during fungus-plant interaction. Conclusions We hypothesise that in symbiotic interactions the secreted effectome of the fungus might be an important component of communication. Identification and functional characterization of the primary AMF effectors that regulate symbiotic development will help in understanding the mechanisms of fungus-plant interaction. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-016-2422-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Kinga Sędzielewska Toro
- Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Großhaderner Straße 2-4, 82152, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
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- Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Großhaderner Straße 2-4, 82152, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
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Vijayakumar V, Liebisch G, Buer B, Xue L, Gerlach N, Blau S, Schmitz J, Bucher M. Integrated multi-omics analysis supports role of lysophosphatidylcholine and related glycerophospholipids in the Lotus japonicus-Glomus intraradices mycorrhizal symbiosis. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2016; 39:393-415. [PMID: 26297195 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2014] [Revised: 07/21/2015] [Accepted: 07/31/2015] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Interaction of plant roots with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) is a complex trait resulting in cooperative interactions among the two symbionts including bidirectional exchange of resources. To study arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis (AMS) trait variation in the model plant Lotus japonicus, we performed an integrated multi-omics analysis with a focus on plant and fungal phospholipid (PL) metabolism and biological significance of lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC). Our results support the role of LPC as a bioactive compound eliciting cellular and molecular response mechanisms in Lotus. Evidence is provided for large interspecific chemical diversity of LPC species among mycorrhizae with related AMF species. Lipid, gene expression and elemental profiling emphasize the Lotus-Glomus intraradices interaction as distinct from other arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) interactions. In G. intraradices, genes involved in fatty acid (FA) elongation and biosynthesis of unsaturated FAs were enhanced, while in Lotus, FA synthesis genes were up-regulated during AMS. Furthermore, FAS protein localization to mitochondria suggests FA biosynthesis and elongation may also occur in AMF. Our results suggest the existence of interspecific partitioning of PL resources for generation of LPC and novel candidate bioactive PLs in the Lotus-G. intraradices symbiosis. Moreover, the data advocate research with phylogenetically diverse Glomeromycota species for a broader understanding of the molecular underpinnings of AMS.
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- Vinod Vijayakumar
- Botanical Institute, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Cologne Biocenter, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47b, D-50674, Cologne, Germany
- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, D-93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Botanical Institute, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Cologne Biocenter, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47b, D-50674, Cologne, Germany
- Bayer CropScience AG, Alfred-Nobel-Straße 50, D-40789, Monheim am Rhein, Germany
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- Botanical Institute, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Cologne Biocenter, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47b, D-50674, Cologne, Germany
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- Botanical Institute, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Cologne Biocenter, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47b, D-50674, Cologne, Germany
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- Botanical Institute, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Cologne Biocenter, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47b, D-50674, Cologne, Germany
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- Botanical Institute, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Cologne Biocenter, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47b, D-50674, Cologne, Germany
- Plant Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology, Heinrich Heine University, D-40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Botanical Institute, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Cologne Biocenter, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47b, D-50674, Cologne, Germany
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Sędzielewska-Toro K, Delaux PM. Mycorrhizal symbioses: today and tomorrow. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2016; 209:917-20. [PMID: 26756534 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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- Kinga Sędzielewska-Toro
- Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), Planegg-Martinsried, 82152, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Unité Mixte de Recherche UMR5546, Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Castanet-Tolosan Cedex, 31326, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR5546, Castanet-Tolosan Cedex, 31326, France
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Daubois L, Beaudet D, Hijri M, de la Providencia I. Independent mitochondrial and nuclear exchanges arising in Rhizophagus irregularis crossed-isolates support the presence of a mitochondrial segregation mechanism. BMC Microbiol 2016; 16:11. [PMID: 26803293 PMCID: PMC4724407 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-016-0627-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2016] [Accepted: 01/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are members of the phylum Glomeromycota, an early divergent fungal lineage that forms symbiotic associations with the large majority of land plants. These organisms are asexual obligate biotrophs, meaning that they cannot complete their life cycle in the absence of a suitable host. These fungi can exchange genetic information through hyphal fusions (i.e. anastomosis) with genetically compatible isolates belonging to the same species. The occurrence of transient mitochondrial length-heteroplasmy through anastomosis between geographically distant Rhizophagus irregularis isolates was previously demonstrated in single spores resulting from crossing experiments. However, (1) the persistence of this phenomenon in monosporal culture lines from crossed parental isolates, (2) its correlation with nuclear exchanges and (3) the potential mechanisms responsible for mitochondrial inheritance are still unknown. Using the AMF model organism R. irregularis, we tested whether the presence of a heteroplasmic state in progeny spores was linked to the occurrence of nuclear exchanges and whether the previously observed heteroplasmic state persisted in monosporal in vitro crossed-culture lines. We also investigated the presence of a putative mitochondrial segregation apparatus in Glomeromycota by identifying proteins similar to those found in other fungal groups. RESULTS We observed the occurrence of biparental inheritance both for mitochondrial and nuclear markers tested in single spores obtained from crossed-isolates. However, only one parental mitochondrial DNA and nuclear genotype were recovered in each monosporal crossed-cultures, with an overrepresentation of certain mitochondrial haplotypes. These results strongly support the presence of a nuclear-independent mitochondrial segregation mechanism in R. irregularis. Furthermore, a nearly complete set of genes was identified with putative orthology to those found in other fungi and known to be associated with the mitochondrial segregation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and filamentous fungi. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that mitochondrial segregation might take place either during spore formation or colony development and that it might be independent of the nuclear segregation machinery. We present the basic building blocks for a better understanding of the mitochondrial inheritance process and segregation in these important symbiotic fungi. The comprehension of these processes is of great importance since it has been shown that different segregated lines of the same isolate can have variable effects on the host plant.
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- Laurence Daubois
- Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université de Montréal, 4101 Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, H1X 2B2, QC, Canada.
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- Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université de Montréal, 4101 Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, H1X 2B2, QC, Canada.
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- Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université de Montréal, 4101 Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, H1X 2B2, QC, Canada.
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- Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université de Montréal, 4101 Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, H1X 2B2, QC, Canada.
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Berruti A, Lumini E, Balestrini R, Bianciotto V. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi as Natural Biofertilizers: Let's Benefit from Past Successes. Front Microbiol 2016; 6:1559. [PMID: 26834714 PMCID: PMC4717633 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) constitute a group of root obligate biotrophs that exchange mutual benefits with about 80% of plants. They are considered natural biofertilizers, since they provide the host with water, nutrients, and pathogen protection, in exchange for photosynthetic products. Thus, AMF are primary biotic soil components which, when missing or impoverished, can lead to a less efficient ecosystem functioning. The process of re-establishing the natural level of AMF richness can represent a valid alternative to conventional fertilization practices, with a view to sustainable agriculture. The main strategy that can be adopted to achieve this goal is the direct re-introduction of AMF propagules (inoculum) into a target soil. Originally, AMF were described to generally lack host- and niche-specificity, and therefore suggested as agriculturally suitable for a wide range of plants and environmental conditions. Unfortunately, the assumptions that have been made and the results that have been obtained so far are often worlds apart. The problem is that success is unpredictable since different plant species vary their response to the same AMF species mix. Many factors can affect the success of inoculation and AMF persistence in soil, including species compatibility with the target environment, the degree of spatial competition with other soil organisms in the target niche and the timing of inoculation. Thus, it is preferable to take these factors into account when "tuning" an inoculum to a target environment in order to avoid failure of the inoculation process. Genomics and transcriptomics have led to a giant step forward in the research field of AMF, with consequent major advances in the current knowledge on the processes involved in their interaction with the host-plant and other soil organisms. The history of AMF applications in controlled and open-field conditions is now long. A review of biofertilization experiments, based on the use of AMF, has here been proposed, focusing on a few important factors that could increase the odds or jeopardize the success of the inoculation process.
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection - Turin UOS, National Research CouncilTorino, Italy
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Genre A, Russo G. Does a Common Pathway Transduce Symbiotic Signals in Plant-Microbe Interactions? FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:96. [PMID: 26909085 PMCID: PMC4754458 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Accepted: 01/18/2016] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Recent years have witnessed major advances in our knowledge of plant mutualistic symbioses such as the rhizobium-legume symbiosis (RLS) and arbuscular mycorrhizas (AM). Some of these findings caused the revision of longstanding hypotheses, but one of the most solid theories is that a conserved set of plant proteins rules the transduction of symbiotic signals from beneficial glomeromycetes and rhizobia in a so-called common symbiotic pathway (CSP). Nevertheless, the picture still misses several elements, and a few crucial points remain unclear. How does one common pathway discriminate between - at least - two symbionts? Can we exclude that microbes other than AM fungi and rhizobia also use this pathway to communicate with their host plants? We here discuss the possibility that our current view is biased by a long-lasting focus on legumes, whose ability to develop both AM and RLS is an exception among plants and a recent innovation in their evolution; investigations in non-legumes are starting to place legume symbiotic signaling in a broader perspective. Furthermore, recent studies suggest that CSP proteins act in a wider scenario of symbiotic and non-symbiotic signaling. Overall, evidence is accumulating in favor of distinct activities for CSP proteins in AM and RLS, depending on the molecular and cellular context where they act.
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Salvioli A, Ghignone S, Novero M, Navazio L, Venice F, Bagnaresi P, Bonfante P. Symbiosis with an endobacterium increases the fitness of a mycorrhizal fungus, raising its bioenergetic potential. THE ISME JOURNAL 2016; 10:130-44. [PMID: 26046255 PMCID: PMC4681866 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.91] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Revised: 03/27/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) occur in the rhizosphere and in plant tissues as obligate symbionts, having key roles in plant evolution and nutrition. AMF possess endobacteria, and genome sequencing of the endobacterium Candidatus Glomeribacter gigasporarum revealed a reduced genome and a dependence on the fungal host. To understand the effect of bacteria on fungal fitness, we used next-generation sequencing to analyse the transcriptional profile of Gigaspora margarita in the presence and in the absence of its endobacterium. Genomic data on AMF are limited; therefore, we first generated a gene catalogue for G. margarita. Transcriptome analysis revealed that the endobacterium has a stronger effect on the pre-symbiotic phase of the fungus. Coupling transcriptomics with cell biology and physiological approaches, we demonstrate that the bacterium increases the fungal sporulation success, raises the fungal bioenergetic capacity, increasing ATP production, and eliciting mechanisms to detoxify reactive oxygen species. By using TAT peptide to translocate the bioluminescent calcium reporter aequorin, we demonstrated that the line with endobacteria had a lower basal intracellular calcium concentration than the cured line. Lastly, the bacteria seem to enhance the fungal responsiveness to strigolactones, the plant molecules that AMF perceive as branching factors. Although the endobacterium exacts a nutritional cost on the AMF, endobacterial symbiosis improves the fungal ecological fitness by priming mitochondrial metabolic pathways and giving the AMF more tools to face environmental stresses. Thus, we hypothesise that, as described for the human microbiota, endobacteria may increase AMF innate immunity.
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- Alessandra Salvioli
- Department of Life Science and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP) – CNR, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Life Science and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Life Science and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Research Center for Genomics and Postgenomics, CRA-Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Italy
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- Department of Life Science and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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Song T, Ma Z, Shen D, Li Q, Li W, Su L, Ye T, Zhang M, Wang Y, Dou D. An Oomycete CRN Effector Reprograms Expression of Plant HSP Genes by Targeting their Promoters. PLoS Pathog 2015; 11:e1005348. [PMID: 26714171 PMCID: PMC4695088 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Accepted: 11/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Oomycete pathogens produce a large number of CRN effectors to manipulate plant immune responses and promote infection. However, their functional mechanisms are largely unknown. Here, we identified a Phytophthora sojae CRN effector PsCRN108 which contains a putative DNA-binding helix-hairpin-helix (HhH) motif and acts in the plant cell nucleus. Silencing of the PsCRN108 gene reduced P. sojae virulence to soybean, while expression of the gene in Nicotiana benthamiana and Arabidopsis thaliana enhanced plant susceptibility to P. capsici. Moreover, PsCRN108 could inhibit expression of HSP genes in A. thaliana, N. benthamiana and soybean. Both the HhH motif and nuclear localization signal of this effector were required for its contribution to virulence and its suppression of HSP gene expression. Furthermore, we found that PsCRN108 targeted HSP promoters in an HSE- and HhH motif-dependent manner. PsCRN108 could inhibit the association of the HSE with the plant heat shock transcription factor AtHsfA1a, which initializes HSP gene expression in response to stress. Therefore, our data support a role for PsCRN108 as a nucleomodulin in down-regulating the expression of plant defense-related genes by directly targeting specific plant promoters.
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- Tianqiao Song
- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Lorrain C, Hecker A, Duplessis S. Effector-Mining in the Poplar Rust Fungus Melampsora larici-populina Secretome. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:1051. [PMID: 26697026 PMCID: PMC4678189 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.01051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/11/2015] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The poplar leaf rust fungus, Melampsora larici-populina has been established as a tree-microbe interaction model. Understanding the molecular mechanisms controlling infection by pathogens appears essential for durable management of tree plantations. In biotrophic plant-parasites, effectors are known to condition host cell colonization. Thus, investigation of candidate secreted effector proteins (CSEPs) is a major goal in the poplar-poplar rust interaction. Unlike oomycetes, fungal effectors do not share conserved motifs and candidate prediction relies on a set of a priori criteria established from reported bona fide effectors. Secretome prediction, genome-wide analysis of gene families and transcriptomics of M. larici-populina have led to catalogs of more than a thousand secreted proteins. Automatized effector-mining pipelines hold great promise for rapid and systematic identification and prioritization of CSEPs for functional characterization. In this review, we report on and discuss the current status of the poplar rust fungus secretome and prediction of candidate effectors from this species.
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- Cécile Lorrain
- INRA, UMR 1136 Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes INRA/Université de Lorraine, Centre INRA Nancy Lorraine, Champenoux, France
- Université de Lorraine, UMR 1136 Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes Université de Lorraine/INRA, Faculté des Sciences et Technologies, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- INRA, UMR 1136 Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes INRA/Université de Lorraine, Centre INRA Nancy Lorraine, Champenoux, France
- Université de Lorraine, UMR 1136 Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes Université de Lorraine/INRA, Faculté des Sciences et Technologies, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- INRA, UMR 1136 Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes INRA/Université de Lorraine, Centre INRA Nancy Lorraine, Champenoux, France
- Université de Lorraine, UMR 1136 Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes Université de Lorraine/INRA, Faculté des Sciences et Technologies, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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Johansen RB, Vestberg M, Burns BR, Park D, Hooker JE, Johnston PR. A coastal sand dune in New Zealand reveals high arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity. Symbiosis 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s13199-015-0355-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Campos C, Cardoso H, Nogales A, Svensson J, Lopez-Ráez JA, Pozo MJ, Nobre T, Schneider C, Arnholdt-Schmitt B. Intra and Inter-Spore Variability in Rhizophagus irregularis AOX Gene. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0142339. [PMID: 26540237 PMCID: PMC4634980 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 10/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are root-inhabiting fungi that form mutualistic symbioses with their host plants. AMF symbiosis improves nutrient uptake and buffers the plant against a diversity of stresses. Rhizophagus irregularis is one of the most widespread AMF species in the world, and its application in agricultural systems for yield improvement has increased over the last years. Still, from the inoculum production perspective, a lack of consistency of inoculum quality is referred to, which partially may be due to a high genetic variability of the fungus. The alternative oxidase (AOX) is an enzyme of the alternative respiratory chain already described in different taxa, including various fungi, which decreases the damage caused by oxidative stress. Nevertheless, virtually nothing is known on the involvement of AMF AOX on symbiosis establishment, as well on the existence of AOX variability that could affect AMF effectiveness and consequently plant performance. Here, we report the isolation and characterisation of the AOX gene of R. irregularis (RiAOX), and show that it is highly expressed during early phases of the symbiosis with plant roots. Phylogenetic analysis clustered RiAOX sequence with ancient fungi, and multiple sequence alignment revealed the lack of several regulatory motifs which are present in plant AOX. The analysis of RiAOX polymorphisms in single spores of three different isolates showed a reduced variability in one spore relatively to a group of spores. A high number of polymorphisms occurred in introns; nevertheless, some putative amino acid changes resulting from non-synonymous variants were found, offering a basis for selective pressure to occur within the populations. Given the AOX relatedness with stress responses, differences in gene variants amongst R. irregularis isolates are likely to be related with its origin and environmental constraints and might have a potential impact on inoculum production.
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- Catarina Campos
- EU Marie Curie Chair, ICAAM—Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, IIFA-Instituto de Formação e Investigação Avançada, Universidade de Évora, Núcleo da Mitra, Évora, Portugal
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- EU Marie Curie Chair, ICAAM—Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, IIFA-Instituto de Formação e Investigação Avançada, Universidade de Évora, Núcleo da Mitra, Évora, Portugal
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- EU Marie Curie Chair, ICAAM—Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, IIFA-Instituto de Formação e Investigação Avançada, Universidade de Évora, Núcleo da Mitra, Évora, Portugal
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- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (EEZ-CSIC), Granada, Spain
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- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (EEZ-CSIC), Granada, Spain
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- EU Marie Curie Chair, ICAAM—Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, IIFA-Instituto de Formação e Investigação Avançada, Universidade de Évora, Núcleo da Mitra, Évora, Portugal
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- EU Marie Curie Chair, ICAAM—Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, IIFA-Instituto de Formação e Investigação Avançada, Universidade de Évora, Núcleo da Mitra, Évora, Portugal
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Kooij PW, Aanen DK, Schiøtt M, Boomsma JJ. Evolutionarily advanced ant farmers rear polyploid fungal crops. J Evol Biol 2015; 28:1911-24. [PMID: 26265100 PMCID: PMC5014177 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Innovative evolutionary developments are often related to gene or genome duplications. The crop fungi of attine fungus-growing ants are suspected to have enhanced genetic variation reminiscent of polyploidy, but this has never been quantified with cytological data and genetic markers. We estimated the number of nuclei per fungal cell for 42 symbionts reared by 14 species of Panamanian fungus-growing ants. This showed that domesticated symbionts of higher attine ants are polykaryotic with 7-17 nuclei per cell, whereas nonspecialized crops of lower attines are dikaryotic similar to most free-living basidiomycete fungi. We then investigated how putative higher genetic diversity is distributed across polykaryotic mycelia, using microsatellite loci and evaluating models assuming that all nuclei are either heterogeneously haploid or homogeneously polyploid. Genetic variation in the polykaryotic symbionts of the basal higher attine genera Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmex was only slightly enhanced, but the evolutionarily derived crop fungi of Atta and Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants had much higher genetic variation. Our opposite ploidy models indicated that the symbionts of Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmex are likely to be lowly and facultatively polyploid (just over two haplotypes on average), whereas Atta and Acromyrmex symbionts are highly and obligatorily polyploid (ca. 5-7 haplotypes on average). This stepwise transition appears analogous to ploidy variation in plants and fungi domesticated by humans and in fungi domesticated by termites and plants, where gene or genome duplications were typically associated with selection for higher productivity, but allopolyploid chimerism was incompatible with sexual reproduction.
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- P W Kooij
- Centre for Social Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Laboratory of Genetics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Social Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre for Social Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Ropars J, Corradi N. Homokaryotic vs heterokaryotic mycelium in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: different techniques, different results? THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2015; 208:638-641. [PMID: 25952991 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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- Jeanne Ropars
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Emile Gluck-Thaler
- Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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Camps C, Jardinaud MF, Rengel D, Carrère S, Hervé C, Debellé F, Gamas P, Bensmihen S, Gough C. Combined genetic and transcriptomic analysis reveals three major signalling pathways activated by Myc-LCOs in Medicago truncatula. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2015; 208:224-240. [PMID: 25919491 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Myc-LCOs are newly identified symbiotic signals produced by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. Like rhizobial Nod factors, they are lipo-chitooligosaccharides that activate the common symbiotic signalling pathway (CSSP) in plants. To increase our limited understanding of the roles of Myc-LCOs we aimed to analyse Myc-LCO-induced transcriptional changes and their genetic control. Whole genome RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) was performed on roots of Medicago truncatula wild-type plants, and dmi3 and nsp1 symbiotic mutants affected in nodulation and mycorrhizal signalling. Plants were treated separately with the two major types of Myc-LCOs, sulphated and nonsulphated. Generalized linear model analysis identified 2201 differentially expressed genes and classified them according to genotype and/or treatment effects. Three genetic pathways for Myc-LCO-regulation of transcriptomic reprogramming were highlighted: DMI3- and NSP1-dependent; DMI3-dependent and NSP1-independent; and DMI3- and NSP1-independent. Comprehensive analysis revealed overlaps with previous AM studies, and highlighted certain functions, especially signalling components and transcription factors. These data provide new insights into mycorrhizal signalling mechanisms, supporting a role for NSP1, and specialisation for NSP1-dependent and -independent pathways downstream of DMI3. Our data also indicate significant Myc-LCO-activated signalling upstream of DMI3 and/or parallel to the CSSP and some constitutive activity of the CSSP.
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- Céline Camps
- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- INPT-Université de Toulouse, ENSAT, Avenue de l'Agrobiopole, Auzeville-Tolosane, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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de Andrade SAL, Domingues AP, Mazzafera P. Photosynthesis is induced in rice plants that associate with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and are grown under arsenate and arsenite stress. CHEMOSPHERE 2015; 134:141-9. [PMID: 25935603 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2014] [Revised: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 04/10/2015] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The metalloid arsenic (As) increases in agricultural soils because of anthropogenic activities and may have phytotoxic effects depending on the available concentrations. Plant performance can be improved by arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) association under challenging conditions, such as those caused by excessive soil As levels. In this study, the influence of AM on CO2 assimilation, chlorophyll a fluorescence, SPAD-chlorophyll contents and plant growth was investigated in rice plants exposed to arsenate (AsV) or arsenite (AsIII) and inoculated or not with Rhizophagus irregularis. Under AsV and AsIII exposure, AM rice plants had greater biomass accumulation and relative chlorophyll content, increased water-use efficiency, higher carbon assimilation rate and higher stomatal conductance and transpiration rates than non-AM rice plants did. Chlorophyll a fluorescence analysis revealed significant differences in the response of AM-associated and -non-associated plants to As. Mycorrhization increased the maximum and actual quantum yields of photosystem II and the electron transport rate, maintaining higher values even under As exposure. Apart from the negative effects of AsV and AsIII on the photosynthetic rates and PSII efficiency in rice leaves, taken together, these results indicate that AM is able to sustain higher rice photosynthesis efficiency even under elevated As concentrations, especially when As is present as AsV.
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- Sara Adrian Lopez de Andrade
- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Young JPW. Genome diversity in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 26:113-119. [PMID: 26190590 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2015.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2015] [Revised: 05/28/2015] [Accepted: 06/06/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomeromycota) are the most widespread and important symbionts of plants. They cannot be cultured without plants, are apparently asexual, and have multiple nuclei in a common cytoplasm. There is evidence for genetic variation among nuclei, and for segregation of this variation during growth, but these findings remain contentious. Recently, two papers have reported whole genome sequences for a strain of Rhizophagus irregularis; both suggest that genetic variation among nuclei is low. Genome assembly is very incomplete, though, so significant nuclear diversity cannot be excluded. While the diversity of nuclear genomes remains unresolved, multiple complete mitochondrial genomes are now available; there is virtually no variation within isolates, but significant variation between them.
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- J Peter W Young
- Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
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Lahrmann U, Strehmel N, Langen G, Frerigmann H, Leson L, Ding Y, Scheel D, Herklotz S, Hilbert M, Zuccaro A. Mutualistic root endophytism is not associated with the reduction of saprotrophic traits and requires a noncompromised plant innate immunity. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2015; 207:841-57. [PMID: 25919406 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 03/07/2015] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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During a compatible interaction, the sebacinoid root-associated fungi Piriformospora indica and Sebacina vermifera induce modification of root morphology and enhance shoot growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. The genomic traits common in these two fungi were investigated and compared with those of other root-associated fungi and saprotrophs. The transcriptional responses of the two sebacinoid fungi and of Arabidopsis roots to colonization at three different symbiotic stages were analyzed by custom-designed microarrays. We identified key genomic features characteristic of sebacinoid fungi, such as expansions for gene families involved in hydrolytic activities, carbohydrate-binding and protein-protein interaction. Additionally, we show that colonization of Arabidopsis correlates with the induction of salicylic acid catabolism and accumulation of jasmonate and glucosinolates (GSLs). Genes involved in root developmental processes were specifically induced by S. vermifera at later stages during interaction. Using different Arabidopsis indole-GSLs mutants and measurement of secondary metabolites, we demonstrate the importance of the indolic glucosinolate pathway in the growth restriction of P. indica and S. vermifera and we identify indole-phytoalexins and specifically indole-carboxylic acids derivatives as potential key players in the maintenance of a mutualistic interaction with root endophytes.
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- Urs Lahrmann
- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, D-35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Stress and Developmental Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, D-06120, Halle, Germany
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- Botanical Institute, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), University of Cologne, D-50674, Cologne, Germany
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- Botanical Institute, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), University of Cologne, D-50674, Cologne, Germany
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- Botanical Institute, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), University of Cologne, D-50674, Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, D-35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Stress and Developmental Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, D-06120, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Stress and Developmental Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, D-06120, Halle, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, D-35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, D-35043, Marburg, Germany
- Botanical Institute, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), University of Cologne, D-50674, Cologne, Germany
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Symbiotic options for the conquest of land. Trends Ecol Evol 2015; 30:477-86. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Revised: 05/22/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Handa Y, Nishide H, Takeda N, Suzuki Y, Kawaguchi M, Saito K. RNA-seq Transcriptional Profiling of an Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Provides Insights into Regulated and Coordinated Gene Expression in Lotus japonicus and Rhizophagus irregularis. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 56:1490-511. [PMID: 26009592 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcv071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2014] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Gene expression during arbuscular mycorrhizal development is highly orchestrated in both plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. To elucidate the gene expression profiles of the symbiotic association, we performed a digital gene expression analysis of Lotus japonicus and Rhizophagus irregularis using a HiSeq 2000 next-generation sequencer with a Cufflinks assembly and de novo transcriptome assembly. There were 3,641 genes differentially expressed during arbuscular mycorrhizal development in L. japonicus, approximately 80% of which were up-regulated. The up-regulated genes included secreted proteins, transporters, proteins involved in lipid and amino acid metabolism, ribosomes and histones. We also detected many genes that were differentially expressed in small-secreted peptides and transcription factors, which may be involved in signal transduction or transcription regulation during symbiosis. Co-regulated genes between arbuscular mycorrhizal and root nodule symbiosis were not particularly abundant, but transcripts encoding for membrane traffic-related proteins, transporters and iron transport-related proteins were found to be highly co-up-regulated. In transcripts of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, expansion of cytochrome P450 was observed, which may contribute to various metabolic pathways required to accommodate roots and soil. The comprehensive gene expression data of both plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi provide a powerful platform for investigating the functional and molecular mechanisms underlying arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis.
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- Yoshihiro Handa
- Division of Symbiotic Systems, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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- Data Integration and Analysis Facility, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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- Division of Symbiotic Systems, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan
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- Division of Symbiotic Systems, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Minamiminowa, Nagano 399-4598, Japan
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Hart MM, Aleklett K, Chagnon PL, Egan C, Ghignone S, Helgason T, Lekberg Y, Öpik M, Pickles BJ, Waller L. Navigating the labyrinth: a guide to sequence-based, community ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2015; 207:235-247. [PMID: 25737096 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2014] [Accepted: 01/18/2015] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Data generated from next generation sequencing (NGS) will soon comprise the majority of information about arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) communities. Although these approaches give deeper insight, analysing NGS data involves decisions that can significantly affect results and conclusions. This is particularly true for AMF community studies, because much remains to be known about their basic biology and genetics. During a workshop in 2013, representatives from seven research groups using NGS for AMF community ecology gathered to discuss common challenges and directions for future research. Our goal was to improve the quality and accessibility of NGS data for the AMF research community. Discussions spanned sampling design, sample preservation, sequencing, bioinformatics and data archiving. With concrete examples we demonstrated how different approaches can significantly alter analysis outcomes. Failure to consider the consequences of these decisions may compound bias introduced at each step along the workflow. The products of these discussions have been summarized in this paper in order to serve as a guide for any researcher undertaking NGS sequencing of AMF communities.
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- Miranda M Hart
- Biology University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada
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- Biology University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boulevard de l'université, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Biology University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada
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- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante (UOS Torino), C.N.R., Torino, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- MPG Ranch and Department for Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Tartu, 40 Lai St, 51005, Tartu, Estonia
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- Biology University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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