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Richter F, Calonne-Salmon M, van der Heijden MGA, Declerck S, Stanley CE. AMF-SporeChip provides new insights into arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal asymbiotic hyphal growth dynamics at the cellular level. LAB ON A CHIP 2024; 24:1930-1946. [PMID: 38416560 DOI: 10.1039/d3lc00859b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form symbiotic associations with the majority of land plants and deliver a wide range of soil-based ecosystem services. Due to their conspicuous belowground lifestyle in a dark environment surrounded by soil particles, much is still to be learned about the influence of environmental (i.e., physical) cues on spore germination, hyphal morphogenesis and anastomosis/hyphal healing mechanisms. To fill existing gaps in AMF knowledge, we developed a new microfluidic platform - the AMF-SporeChip - to visualise the foraging behaviour of germinating Rhizophagus and Gigaspora spores and confront asymbiotic hyphae with physical obstacles. In combination with timelapse microscopy, the fungi could be examined at the cellular level and in real-time. The AMF-SporeChip allowed us to acquire movies with unprecedented visual clarity and therefore identify various exploration strategies of AMF asymbiotic hyphae. We witnessed tip-to-tip and tip-to-side hyphal anastomosis formation. Anastomosis involved directed hyphal growth in a "stop-and-go" manner, yielding visual evidence of pre-anastomosis signalling and decision-making. Remarkably, we also revealed a so-far undescribed reversible cytoplasmic retraction, including the formation of up to 8 septa upon retraction, as part of a highly dynamic space navigation, probably evolved to optimise foraging efficiency. Our findings demonstrated how AMF employ an intricate mechanism of space searching, involving reversible cytoplasmic retraction, branching and directional changes. In turn, the AMF-SporeChip is expected to open many future frontiers for AMF research.
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- Felix Richter
- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
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- Laboratory of Mycology, Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Agroecology and Environment Research Division, Agroscope, 8046 Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
- Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Mycology, Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Rodriguez-Morelos VH, Calonne-Salmon M, Declerck S. Anastomosis within and between networks of Rhizophagus irregularis is differentially influenced by fungicides. MYCORRHIZA 2023; 33:15-21. [PMID: 36680651 PMCID: PMC9938072 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-023-01103-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi play key roles in soil fertility of agroecosystems. They develop dense extraradical mycelial (ERM) networks via mechanisms such as hyphal anastomosis. These connections between hyphae can be affected by agricultural practices such as the use of fungicides, but how these compounds affect anastomosis formation within and more importantly between networks of the same AM fungal strain remains poorly unexplored. Here, the impact of azoxystrobin, pencycuron, flutolanil, and fenpropimorph at 0.02 and 2 mg L-1 were tested in vitro on the anastomosis formation within and between networks of Rhizophagus irregularis MUCL 41833. Azoxystrobin and fenpropimorph had a particularly detrimental impact, at the highest concentration (2 mg L-1), on the number of anastomoses within and between networks, and for fenpropimorph in particular at both concentrations (0.02 and 2 mg L-1) on the number of anastomoses per length of hyphae. Curiously fenpropimorph at 0.02 mg L-1 significantly stimulated spore production, while with azoxystrobin, the reverse was observed at 2 mg L-1. The two other fungicides, pencycuron and flutolanil, had no detrimental effects on spore production or anastomosis formation within and between networks. These results suggest that fungicides with different modes of action and concentrations differentially affect anastomosis possibly by altering the hyphal tips of AM fungi and may thus affect the capacity of AM fungi to develop large hyphal networks exploring and exploiting the soil at the service of plants.
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- Victor Hugo Rodriguez-Morelos
- Université Catholique de Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, Mycology, Croix du Sud 2, Box L7.05.06, 1348 Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
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- Université Catholique de Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, Mycology, Croix du Sud 2, Box L7.05.06, 1348 Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
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- Université Catholique de Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, Mycology, Croix du Sud 2, Box L7.05.06, 1348 Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium.
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Karima B, Amima H, Ahlam M, Zoubida B, Benoît T, Yolande D, Anissa LHS. Native Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Inoculum Modulates Growth, Oxidative Metabolism and Alleviates Salinity Stresses in Legume Species. Curr Microbiol 2023; 80:66. [PMID: 36604346 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-022-03145-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Soil salinity constitutes a major abiotic stress that contributes to soil degradation and crop yield reduction. Using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculation can help to alleviate these deleterious effects. Most researches on AMF application are dealing with ecological restoration, whereas little consideration has been given to agriculture and legume production. The comparison of the efficacy of two AMF inoculums, one native originating from Algerian semiarid saline soils and one commercial inoculum, was carried out regarding their effects on the growth and the mineral nutrition of several legumes species, Medicago sativa, Medicago falcata, Trifolium repens and Trifolium alexandrinum, cultivated in semiarid Algerian saline soil under greenhouse conditions. Our results showed that native mycorrhizal inoculum enhanced shoot biomasses by 20%, mycorrhizal rate by 30%, shoot phosphorus content by 25% and K+/Na+ ratio by 45% for studied plants when compared with commercial inoculum. The best efficiency of the native AMF inoculum is probably due to the complementarity between the AMF strains which composed the inoculum. Funneliformis geosporum was the most abundant species recorded at the end of the experience in all plant roots especially with native inoculum. Our findings pointed out the effectiveness of native AMF inoculum application to promote agricultural production in semiarid saline soils.
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- Bencherif Karima
- Nature and Life Sciences Faculty, University of Djelfa, Moudjbara Road, P.O.BOX 3117, 17000, Djelfa, Algeria. .,Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV), UR 4492, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, 50 Rue Ferdinand Buisson, 62228, Calais Cedex, France.
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- Nature and Life Sciences Faculty, University of Djelfa, Moudjbara Road, P.O.BOX 3117, 17000, Djelfa, Algeria
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- Nature and Life Sciences Faculty, University of Djelfa, Moudjbara Road, P.O.BOX 3117, 17000, Djelfa, Algeria
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- Nature and Life Sciences Faculty, University of Djelfa, Moudjbara Road, P.O.BOX 3117, 17000, Djelfa, Algeria
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- Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV), UR 4492, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, 50 Rue Ferdinand Buisson, 62228, Calais Cedex, France
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- Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada
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- Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV), UR 4492, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, 50 Rue Ferdinand Buisson, 62228, Calais Cedex, France
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Ducousso-Détrez A, Raveau R, Fontaine J, Hijri M, Lounès-Hadj Sahraoui A. Glomerales Dominate Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities Associated with Spontaneous Plants in Phosphate-Rich Soils of Former Rock Phosphate Mining Sites. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10122406. [PMID: 36557659 PMCID: PMC9782746 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10122406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2022] [Revised: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are key drivers of soil functioning. They interact with multiple soil parameters, notably, phosphorus (P). In this work, AMF communities of native plants grown spontaneously on former mining sites either enriched (P sites) or not enriched with P (nP sites) by mining cuttings of rock phosphate (RP) were studied. No significant differences were observed in the root mycorrhizal rates of the plants when comparing P and nP sites. The assessment of AMF diversity and community structure using Illumina MiSeq metabarcoding and targeting 18S rDNA in roots and rhizospheric soils showed a total of 318 Amplicon Sequence Variants (ASVs) of Glomeromycota phylum. No significant difference in the diversity was found between P and nP sites. Glomeraceae species were largely dominant, formed a fungal core of 26 ASVs, and were persistent and abundant in all sites. In the P soils, eight ASVs were identified by indicator species analysis. A trend towards an increase in Diversisporaceae and Claroideoglomeraceae and a reduction in Paraglomeraceae and Glomeraceae were noticed. These results provide new insights into AMF ecology in former RP mining sites; they document that P concentration is a driver of AMF community structures in soils enriched in RP long term but also suggest an influence of land disturbance, ecosystem self-restoration, and AMF life history strategies as drivers of AMF community profiles.
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- Amandine Ducousso-Détrez
- Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV), Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale, UR 4492, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, CEDEX, 62228 Calais, France
- Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale (IRBV), 3 AgroBioSciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H1X 2B2, Canada
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- INRAE, UMR SAVE, Bordeaux Science Agro, ISVV, 33882 Villenave d’Ornon, France
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- Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV), Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale, UR 4492, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, CEDEX, 62228 Calais, France
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- Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale (IRBV), 3 AgroBioSciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H1X 2B2, Canada
- African Genome Center, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), Ben Guerir 43150, Morocco
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- Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV), Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale, UR 4492, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, CEDEX, 62228 Calais, France
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Garcés-Ruiz M, Calonne-Salmon M, Bremhorst V, Declerck S. Diesel fuel differentially affects hyphal healing in Gigaspora sp. and Rhizophagus irregularis. MYCORRHIZA 2021; 31:413-421. [PMID: 33661390 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-021-01026-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Hydrocarbon pollution is an increasing problem affecting soil ecosystems. However, some microorganisms can cope with these pollutants and even facilitate plant establishment and thus phytoremediation. Within soil, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have developed several strategies to survive and flourish under adverse conditions. Among these is the hyphal healing mechanism (HHM), a process allowing hyphae to re-establish integrity after physical injury. This mechanism differs among species and genera of AMF. However, whether and to what extent hydrocarbon pollution impacts the HHM is unknown. Here, the HHM was monitored in vitro on two AMF strains, Rhizophagus irregularis MUCL 41833 and Gigaspora sp. MUCL 52331, under increasing concentrations of diesel (1, 2, and 5% v:v). The addition of diesel slowed-down the HHM in both fungi. On Gigaspora sp., this effect was limited and most hyphae were able to heal after injury. Conversely, all steps of healing were severely impaired in R. irregularis. That fungus reconnected the injured hyphae at a much lower frequency than the Gigaspora sp., instead investing its energy to link neighboring hyphae or roots, or developing new branches from uninjured hyphae.
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- Mónica Garcés-Ruiz
- Laboratory of Mycology, Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 3, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Mycology, Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 3, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Statistical Methodology and Computing Service, Université catholique de Louvain, Voie du Roman Pays 20, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Mycology, Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 3, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
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Rodriguez-Morelos VH, Calonne-Salmon M, Bremhorst V, Garcés-Ruiz M, Declerck S. Fungicides With Contrasting Mode of Action Differentially Affect Hyphal Healing Mechanism in Gigaspora sp. and Rhizophagus irregularis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:642094. [PMID: 33777077 PMCID: PMC7989550 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.642094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Fungicides are widely used in conventional agriculture to control fungal diseases, but may also affect non-target microorganisms such as arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. These root symbionts develop extended mycelial networks within the soil via mechanisms such as anastomosis that indistinctly concerns intact and damaged hyphae, the latter being named hyphal healing mechanism (HHM). The HHM differs between Glomeraceae and Gigasporaceae. However, the effects of fungicides on this mechanism in unknown. Here, the impact of azoxystrobin, pencycuron, flutolanil, and fenpropimorph at 0.02 and 2 mg L-1 were tested in vitro on the HHM of Gigaspora sp. MUCL 52331 and Rhizophagus irregularis MUCL 41833, and repair events visualized carefully under a dissecting bright-field light microscope. Azoxystrobin was the more detrimental for both AM fungi at 2 mg L-1, while fenpropimorph impacted only R. irregularis (stimulating at low and inhibiting at high concentration). Conversely, flutolanil and pencycuron did not impact any of the two AM fungi. The mechanisms involved remains to be elucidated, but perturbation in the still-to-be firmly demonstrated spitzenkörper or in sterols content as well as a process of hormesis are possible avenues that deserve to be explored in view of a rationale management of chemicals to control fungal pathogens without harming the beneficial AM fungi.
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- Laboratory of Mycology, Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modeling in Economics and Statistics, Statistical Methodology and Computing Service, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Mycology, Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Mycology, Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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The Mycorrhizal Donor Plant (MDP) In Vitro Culture System for the Efficient Colonization of Whole Plants. Methods Mol Biol 2020; 2146:19-31. [PMID: 32415592 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0603-2_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The mycorrhizal donor plant (MDP) in vitro culture system allows the fast and homogeneous colonization of a wide range of photosynthetically active plants. Here we detailed the setup of the system and its potential applications for basic studies as well as mass production and applied purposes.
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Gavito ME, Jakobsen I, Mikkelsen TN, Mora F. Direct evidence for modulation of photosynthesis by an arbuscular mycorrhiza-induced carbon sink strength. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 223:896-907. [PMID: 30891762 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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It has been suggested that plant carbon (C) use by symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) may be compensated by higher photosynthetic rates because fungal metabolism creates a strong C sink that prevents photosynthate accumulation and downregulation of photosynthesis. This mechanism remains largely unexplored and lacks experimental evidence. We report here two experiments showing that the experimental manipulation of the mycorrhizal C sink significantly affected the photosynthetic rates of cucumber host plants. We expected that a sudden reduction in sink strength would cause a significant reduction in photosynthetic rates, at least temporarily. Excision of part of the extraradical mycorrhizal mycelium from roots, and causing no disturbance to the plant, induced a sustained (10-40%) decline in photosynthetic rates that lasted from 30 min to several hours in plants that were well-nourished and hydrated, and in the absence of growth or photosynthesis promotion by mycorrhizal inoculation. This effect was though minor in plants growing at high (700 ppm) atmospheric CO2 . This is the first direct experimental evidence for the C sink strength effects exerted by arbuscular mycorrhizal symbionts on plant photosynthesis. It encourages further experimentation on mycorrhizal source-sink relations, and may have strong implications in large-scale assessments and modelling of plant photosynthesis.
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- Mayra E Gavito
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro No. 8701, Col. Ex Hacienda de Sán José de la Huerta, Morelia, 58190, Michoacán, México
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- DTU Environmental Engineering, Air, Land & Water Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Building 115, DK - 2800 Kgs., Lyngby, Denmark
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro No. 8701, Col. Ex Hacienda de Sán José de la Huerta, Morelia, 58190, Michoacán, México
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Leyva-Morales R, Gavito ME, Carrillo-Saucedo SM. Morphological and physiological responses of the external mycelium of Rhizophagus intraradices to water stress. MYCORRHIZA 2019; 29:141-147. [PMID: 30643987 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-019-00880-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Most studies dealing with mycorrhizal associations and drought have focused on the plants, not on the fungi, and tolerance and adaptations of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi to cope with water stress are virtually unknown. This study was conducted to assess how water stress directly affects an AM fungus isolate, particularly through morphological and physiological changes in the external mycelium. We used two-compartment pots separated by mesh and an air gap that allowed us to apply water stress treatments only to the external mycelium. Clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.) plants inoculated with Rhizophagus intraradices grew at high humidity until external mycorrhizal mycelium developed in the mycelium compartment. Then, we started three watering treatments: high (H, 70% of soil water holding capacity), low (L, 10%), and mixed watering (HLHL, 70-10-70-10%) only in the hyphal compartment. The HLHL treatment was rewetted once to 70% after 42 days. We measured total mycelium length, hyphal length in diameter categories, respiration activity, and protoplasm fragmentation 42 and 76 days after starting the treatments. Rhizophagus intraradices mycelium responded to water stress by reducing its length, maintaining larger diameter hyphae, and concentrating protoplasm activity in fragments in the HLHL and L treatments. In both water stress treatments, changes suggested a trade-off between avoiding desiccation and storing resources, and maintaining soil exploration and water uptake capacity.
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- Ricardo Leyva-Morales
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Campus Morelia, Apartado Postal 27-3 Santa María de Guido, 58090, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Campus Morelia, Apartado Postal 27-3 Santa María de Guido, 58090, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Campus Morelia, Apartado Postal 27-3 Santa María de Guido, 58090, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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Berruti A, Bianciotto V, Lumini E. Seasonal variation in winter wheat field soil arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus communities after non-mycorrhizal crop cultivation. MYCORRHIZA 2018; 28:535-548. [PMID: 29931405 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-018-0845-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2017] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Intensive farming practices that implement deep and frequent tillage, high input inorganic fertilization, cultivation with non-host species, and pesticide use are widely reported to be detrimental for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), which are one of the most important plant biofertilizers. The effect of the reduction of agricultural input on AMF community dynamics following conversion from conventional non-mycorrhizal to lower input mycorrhizal crop cultivation has not yet been fully elucidated. We investigated the effect of the reduction of agricultural input, rotation, and season on AMF communities in winter wheat field soil after conversion from long-term (more than 20 years) non-mycorrhizal (sugar beet) crop cultivation. We described AMF communities from bulk soil samples by specifically targeting the 18S ribosomal gene using a combination of AMF specific primers and 454 pyrosequencing. No effect was found after 3 years' reduction of agricultural input, and only marginal effects were due to rotation with specific crops preceding winter wheat. Instead, season and year of sampling had the most appreciable influence on the AMF community. We suggest that, after conversion from long-term non-mycorrhizal to mycorrhizal crop cultivation, AMF diversity is low if compared to similar agroecosystems. Seasonal and successional dynamics play an important role as determinants of community structure.
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- Andrea Berruti
- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection -Turin unit, National Research Council, Viale Mattioli 25, 10125, Torino, Italy
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection -Turin unit, National Research Council, Viale Mattioli 25, 10125, Torino, Italy
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection -Turin unit, National Research Council, Viale Mattioli 25, 10125, Torino, Italy.
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de la Providencia IE, Stefani FOP, Labridy M, St-Arnaud M, Hijri M. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity associated with Eleocharis obtusa and Panicum capillare growing in an extreme petroleum hydrocarbon-polluted sedimentation basin. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2015; 362:fnv081. [PMID: 25991810 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnv081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have been extensively studied in natural and agricultural ecosystems, but little is known about their diversity and community structure in highly petroleum-polluted soils. In this study, we described an unexpected diversity of AMF in a sedimentation basin of a former petrochemical plant, in which petroleum hydrocarbon (PH) wastes were dumped for many decades. We used high-throughput PCR, cloning and sequencing of 18S rDNA to assess the molecular diversity of AMF associated with Eleocharis obtusa and Panicum capillare spontaneously inhabiting extremely PH-contaminated sediments. The analyses of rhizosphere and root samples over two years showed a remarkable AMF richness comparable with that found in temperate natural ecosystems. Twenty-one taxa, encompassing the major families within Glomeromycota, were detected. The most abundant OTUs belong to genera Claroideoglomus, Diversispora, Rhizophagus and Paraglomus. Both plants had very similar overall community structures and OTU abundances; however, AMF community structure differed when comparing the overall OTU distribution across the two years of sampling. This could be likely explained by variations in precipitations between 2011 and 2012. Our study provides the first view of AMF molecular diversity in soils extremely polluted by PH, and demonstrated the ability of AMF to colonize and establish in harsh environments.
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- Ivan E de la Providencia
- Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Université de Montréal and Jardin botanique de Montréal, 4101 rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal (Québec) H1X 2B2, Canada
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- Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Université de Montréal and Jardin botanique de Montréal, 4101 rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal (Québec) H1X 2B2, Canada
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- Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Université de Montréal and Jardin botanique de Montréal, 4101 rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal (Québec) H1X 2B2, Canada
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- Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Université de Montréal and Jardin botanique de Montréal, 4101 rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal (Québec) H1X 2B2, Canada
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- Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Université de Montréal and Jardin botanique de Montréal, 4101 rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal (Québec) H1X 2B2, Canada
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Functional Significance of Anastomosis in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Networks. ECOLOGICAL STUDIES 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-7395-9_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Chai R, Zhang G, Sun Q, Zhang M, Zhao S, Qiu L. Liposome-mediated mycelial transformation of filamentous fungi. Fungal Biol 2013; 117:577-83. [PMID: 24012298 DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2013.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2013] [Revised: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 06/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Liposome-mediated transformation is common for cells with no cell wall, but has very limited usage in cells with walls, such as bacteria, fungi, and plants. In this study, we developed a procedure to introduce DNA into mycelium of filamentous fungi, Rhizopus nigricans LH 21 and Pleurotus ostreatus TD 300, by liposome-mediation but with no protoplast preparation. The DNA was transformed into R. nigricans via plasmid pEGFP-C1 and into P. ostreatus via 7.2 kb linear DNA. The mycelia were ground in 0.6 M mannitol without any grinding aids or glass powder for 15 min to make mycelial fragments suspension; the suspension was mixed with a mixture of the DNA and Lipofectamine 2000, and placed on ice for 30 min; 100 μL of the transformation solution was plated on potato dextrose agar (PDA) plate and cultivated at 28 °C for transformant screening. The plasmid and the linear DNA were confirmed to be integrated into the host chromosome, proving the success of transformation. The transformation efficiencies were similar to those of electroporation-mediated protoplast transformation (EMPT) of R. nigricans or PEG/CaCl2-mediated protoplast transformation (PMT) of P. ostreatus, respectively. The results showed that our procedure was effective, fast, and simple transformation method for filamentous fungi.
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- Ran Chai
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou 450002, China; Key Laboratory of Enzyme Engineering of Agricultural Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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de Novais CB, Sbrana C, Saggin Júnior OJ, Siqueira JO, Giovannetti M. Vegetative compatibility and anastomosis formation within and among individual germlings of tropical isolates of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomeromycota). MYCORRHIZA 2013; 23:325-331. [PMID: 23314797 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-013-0478-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2012] [Accepted: 01/02/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Hyphal anastomoses which play a key role in the formation of interconnected mycorrhizal networks and in genetic exchange among compatible individuals have been studied in a limited number of species and isolates of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), mainly in symbiotic mycelium. In this work, the occurrence and frequency of anastomosis between hyphae of the same and different germlings were assessed in tropical isolates belonging to Acaulospora, Claroideoglomus, Gigaspora, Glomus, Rhizophagus and Scutellospora. Germlings belonging to Acaulospora, Claroideoglomus, Glomus and Rhizophagus formed perfect hyphal fusions, with frequencies ranging from 9.29 ± 3.01 to 79.84 ± 4.39 % within the same germling and from 14.02 ± 7.36 to 91.41 ± 3.92 % between different germlings. Rare fusions, occurring within the same hypha, were detected in Gigaspora species, and no anastomoses were observed in Scutellospora species. The consistent detection of nuclei in perfect fusions suggests that nuclear migration is active both within and between germlings. Present data on anastomosis formation, nuclear migration and germling viability in tropical isolates of AMF widen our knowledge on the extensive and consistent occurrence of successful hyphal fusions in this group of beneficial symbionts. The ability to anastomose and establish protoplasm flow, fundamental for the maintenance of physiological and genetic continuity, may produce important fitness consequences for the obligately biotrophic AMF.
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- Cândido Barreto de Novais
- DCS-Laboratório de Microbiologia do Solo, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Caixa Postal 3037, CEP 37200-000, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Verbruggen E, Toby Kiers E. Evolutionary ecology of mycorrhizal functional diversity in agricultural systems. Evol Appl 2010; 3:547-60. [PMID: 25567946 PMCID: PMC3352509 DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2010.00145.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2010] [Accepted: 06/11/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The root systems of most agronomic crops are colonized by diverse assemblages of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), varying in the functional benefits (e.g. nutrient transfer, pathogen protection, water uptake) provided to hosts. Little is known about the evolutionary processes that shape the composition of these fungal assemblages, nor is it known whether more diverse assemblages are beneficial to crop productivity. In this review we aim to identify the evolutionary selection pressures that shape AMF diversity in agricultural systems and explore whether promotion of AMF diversity can convincingly be linked to increases in agricultural productivity and/or sustainability. We then ask whether farmers can (and should) actively modify evolutionary selection pressures to increase AMF functioning. We focus on three agriculturally imposed selection regimes: tillage, fertilization, and continuous monoculture. We find that the uniform nature of these practices strongly selects for dominance of few AMF species. These species exhibit predictable, generally non-beneficial traits, namely heavy investment in reproduction at the expense of nutrient scavenging and transfer processes that are beneficial for hosts. A number of focus-points are given based on empirical and theoretical evidence that could be utilized to slow down negative selection pressures on AMF functioning, therein increasing crop benefit.
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- Erik Verbruggen
- Department of Ecological Science, Faculty of Earth of Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ecological Science, Faculty of Earth of Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; Department of Plant, Soil and Insect Science, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Amherst, MA, USA
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Cárdenas-Flores A, Draye X, Bivort C, Cranenbrouck S, Declerck S. Impact of multispores in vitro subcultivation of Glomus sp. MUCL 43194 (DAOM 197198) on vegetative compatibility and genetic diversity detected by AFLP. MYCORRHIZA 2010; 20:415-425. [PMID: 20082102 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-009-0295-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2009] [Accepted: 12/14/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Vegetative compatibility and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) genotyping of in vitro multispores clonal lineages, issued from the same ancestor culture of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal strain MUCL 43194 and subcultured several generations in different locations, was assessed. Vegetative compatibility was studied by confronting the germ tubes of two spores from the same or different clonal lineages and stained with nitrotetrazolium blue-Trypan blue and diamidinophenylindole to detect hyphal fusions and nuclei, respectively. Further AFLP analysis of single spores was performed to assess the genetic profile and Dice similarity between clonal lineages. Germ tubes of spores distant by as many as 69 generations were capable of fusing. The anastomosis frequencies averaged 69% between spores from the same clonal lineage, 57% between spores from different clonal lineages, and 0% between spores belonging to different strains. The AFLP patterns showed similarities averaging 92% within clonal lineages and 86% between clonal lineages. Each spore presented unique genotype and some of them shared more markers with spores from different lineages than within the same lineage. We showed that MUCL 43194 maintained self-recognition for long periods of subcultures in vitro and that spores involved in compatibility tests had different genotypes. Our findings suggest that MUCL 43194 maintains genetic diversity by means of anastomoses.
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Voets L, de la Providencia IE, Fernandez K, IJdo M, Cranenbrouck S, Declerck S. Extraradical mycelium network of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi allows fast colonization of seedlings under in vitro conditions. MYCORRHIZA 2009; 19:347-356. [PMID: 19242734 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-009-0233-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2008] [Accepted: 02/09/2009] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Actively growing extraradical hyphae extending from mycorrhizal plants are an important source of inoculum in soils which has seldom been considered in vitro to inoculate young plantlets. Seedlings of Medicago truncatula were grown in vitro in the extraradical mycelium network extending from mycorrhizal plants. After 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15 days of contact with the mycelium, half of the seedlings were harvested and analyzed for root colonization. The other half was carefully transplanted in vitro on a suitable growth medium and mycelium growth and spore production were evaluated for 4 weeks. Seedlings were readily colonized after 3 days of contact with the mycelium. Starting from 6 days of contact, the newly colonized seedlings were able to reproduce the fungal life cycle, with the production of thousands of spores within 4 weeks. The fast mycorrhization process developed here opens the door to a broad range of in vitro studies for which either homogenous highly colonized seedlings or mass-produced in vitro inoculum is necessary.
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- Liesbeth Voets
- Unité de Microbiologie, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 3, 1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Unité de Microbiologie, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 3, 1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
- Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agricolas (INCA), Km 3½ Carretera de Tapaste, Gaveta Postal 1, San José de Las Lajas, Havana, Cuba
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- Unité de Microbiologie, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 3, 1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Unité de Microbiologie, Mycothèque de l'Université Catholique de Louvain (MUCL), Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 3, 1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Unité de Microbiologie, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 3, 1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
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