Global assessment of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus diversity reveals very low endemism
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- 28 August 2015
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- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 349 (6251), 970-973
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aab1161
Abstract
Cosmopolitan plant root symbionts: The aboveground lives of plants are only sustainable because of the symbiotic soil fungi that encase their roots. These fungi swap nutrients with plants, defend them from attack, and help them withstand abrupt environmental changes. Out of necessity, fungal symbionts in the soil would appear to be restricted and local to certain plant species. Davison et al. , however, discovered that some taxa are globally distributed. How these underground fungi have dispersed so widely remains a mystery; perhaps human farmers have had something to do with it. Science , this issue p. 970Keywords
Funding Information
- U.S. NSF (DEB-0842327)
- Estonian Science Foundation (9050, 9157)
- Estonian Research Council (IUT-20-28, IUT-20-29)
- European Regional Development Fund
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