Open AccessDifferent Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Cocolonizing on a Single Plant Root System Recruit Distinct Microbiomes
Author(s) -
Jiachao Zhou,
Xiaofen Chai,
Lin Zhang,
Timothy George,
Fei Wang,
Gu Feng
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
msystems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.931
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 2379-5077
DOI - 10.1128/msystems.00929-20
Subject(s) - biology , microbiome , hypha , fungus , botany , symbiosis , glomeromycota , colonization , arbuscular mycorrhizal , root system , microbial population biology , commensalism , glomus , ecology , bacteria , genetics , bioinformatics
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi form tight symbiotic relationships with the majority of terrestrial plants and play critical roles in plant P acquisition, adding a further dimension of complexity. The plant-AM fungus-bacterium system is considered a continuum, with the bacteria colonizing not only the plant roots, but also the associated mycorrhizal hyphal network, known as the hyphosphere microbiome. Plant roots are usually colonized by different AM fungal species which form an independent phosphorus uptake pathway from the root pathway, i.e., the mycorrhizal pathway.