Feeding (or not feeding) a fungus: plants may not be so good to their fungal partners after all
Interactions between plants and fungal symbionts are not always balanced affairs.
Tag: symbiosis
Simulated Herbivory Leads Grasses to Pass Fungal Symbionts to Their Offspring
Thismia and its unusual number of specialist relationships.
What can you do with a holobiont?
It’s said all plants are holobionts. If that’s true why bother creating a new word? What value does the word holobiont bring that plant doesn’t already have?
Effects of plant polyploidy on the legume-rhizobia mutualism
Plectocarpon lichenum: the parasite that makes itself comfortable when it moves into a lichen
What happens when an unwanted visitor infects a lichen? Plectocarpon lichenum makes it harder for its host to eject it.
How do you grow a palm? The secret’s in the soil.
An investigation on a tiny island reveals that microscopic fungi can dictate the destiny of giants, opening the possibility of mycorrhizal-driven speciation.
The lachrymatory tale of the barnacle and the bacterium
For Valentine’s Day Nigel Chaffey finds a tale of an unlikely couple who have set up home together, though it ends in tears.
Antarctic endophytes improve drought tolerance in lettuce plants
Mycorrhizal fungi and distribution of specialized orchids
The use of a widespread fungal operational taxonomic unit in P. deformis enables a broad distribution despite high mycorrhizal specificity.
A mutualistic endophyte alters the niche dimensions of its host plant
Collaboration between grass seedlings and rhizobacteria to scavenge organic nitrogen in soils
Better together…
A study shows coral polyps actively generate micro-currents and eddies to promote nutrient inflow and exchange of materials using externally located cilia.
An underground tale: contribution of microbial activity to plant iron acquisition
This review focuses on the possible mechanisms underlying the promotion of plant Fe acquisition by soil micro-organisms.