Frontiers in Microbiology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15
Published: Jan. 15, 2025
The
interactions
between
sugar
maple
(Acer
saccharum,
Marshall)
and
its
microbial
communities
are
important
for
tree
fitness,
growth,
establishment.
Despite
recent
progress
in
our
understanding
of
the
rhizosphere
phyllosphere
maple,
many
outstanding
knowledge
gaps
remain.
This
review
delves
into
relationships
microbes,
as
climate
change
alters
plant
species
distributions.
It
highlights
multifaceted
roles
key
such
arbuscular
mycorrhizal
(AM)
fungi
pathogens,
affecting
distribution
establishment
novel
habitats.
Furthermore,
this
examines
how
different
compartments
contribute
to
fitness.
Finally,
it
explores
dispersal
altered
under
changing
environmental
conditions
can
affect
maple's
ability
migrate
beyond
current
range,
emphasizing
scenarios
associated
with
shifts.
In
rhizosphere,
AM
known
their
nutrient
acquisition
improving
stress
tolerance.
Yet,
questions
remain
about
these
interact
other
soil
chemistry
alter
interactions,
presence
beneficial
microbes
influences
Additionally,
role
dark
septate
endophytes
(DSE)
fitness
remains
underexplored,
need
more
research
on
diversity
functions.
phyllosphere,
subject
shifts
due
rising
global
change,
potential
impacts
These
changes
may
influence
tree's
resistance
tolerance
stress,
overall
health.
relies
mostly
short-read
sequencing
methods
targeting
marker
genes
(e.g.,
16S,
ITS,
18S),
which
often
fail
identify
at
level.
Limitations
molecular
techniques
poor
reference
databases
hinder
fully
characterize
tree-associated
Future
should
thus
prioritize
advanced
tools
shotgun,
hybrid,
or
long-read
sequencing.
Controlled
experiments
also
needed
establish
causal
links
communities,
study
whether
throughout
lifespan.
Annual Review of Microbiology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
78(1), P. 147 - 168
Published: July 10, 2024
Arbuscular
mycorrhizal
fungi
(AMF)
are
obligate
mutualists
that
can
enhance
nutrition
and
growth
of
their
plant
hosts
while
providing
protection
against
pathogens.
AMF
produce
spores
hyphal
networks
carry
thousands
nuclei
in
a
continuous
cytoplasm,
with
no
evidence
sexual
reproduction.
This
review
examines
the
impact
genomic
technologies
on
our
view
genetics
evolution.
We
highlight
how
genetics,
nuclear
dynamics,
epigenetics
these
prominent
symbionts
follow
trends
preserved
distant
multinucleate
fungal
relatives.
also
propose
new
avenues
research
to
improve
understanding
biology
intricate
genetic
interactions
hosts.
Current Opinion in Microbiology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
75, P. 102357 - 102357
Published: July 5, 2023
Arbuscular
mycorrhizal
fungi
(AMF)
have
accompanied
the
majority
of
land
plants
since
their
evolution
in
Devonian
period
with
a
symbiotic
alliance
centered
on
nutrient
exchanges.
The
exploration
AMF
genomes
is
providing
clues
to
explain
major
questions
about
biology,
evolution,
and
ecology.
dynamics
nuclei
across
fungal
life
cycle,
abundance
transposable
elements,
epigenome
landscape
are
emerging
as
sources
intraspecific
variability,
which
can
be
especially
important
organisms
no
or
rare
sexual
reproduction
such
AMF.
These
features
been
hypothesized
support
adaptability
wide
host
range
environmental
changes.
New
insights
plant-fungus
communication
iconic
function
phosphate
transport
were
also
recently
obtained
that
overall
contribute
better
understanding
this
ancient
fascinating
symbiosis.
New Phytologist,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
242(4), P. 1798 - 1813
Published: Dec. 28, 2023
Summary
It
is
well
understood
that
agricultural
management
influences
arbuscular
mycorrhizal
(AM)
fungi,
but
there
controversy
about
whether
farmers
should
manage
for
AM
symbiosis.
We
assessed
fungal
communities
colonizing
wheat
roots
three
consecutive
years
in
a
long‐term
(>
14
yr)
tillage
and
fertilization
experiment.
Relationships
among
mycorrhizas,
crop
performance,
soil
ecosystem
functions
were
quantified.
Tillage,
fertilizers
continuous
monoculture
all
reduced
richness
shifted
community
composition
toward
dominance
of
few
ruderal
taxa.
Rhizophagus
Dominikia
depressed
by
and/or
fertilization,
their
abundances
as
correlated
positively
with
aggregate
stability
nutrient
cycling
across
or
no‐tilled
samples.
In
the
field,
yield
was
unrelated
to
abundance
negatively
richness.
complementary
glasshouse
study,
biomass
enhanced
inoculum
from
unfertilized,
no‐till
plots
while
neutral
growth
observed
inoculated
soils
fertilized
conventionally
tilled
plots.
This
study
demonstrates
contrasting
impacts
low‐input
conventional
practices
on
symbiosis
highlights
importance
considering
both
when
managing
mycorrhizas
more
sustainable
agroecosystems.
New Phytologist,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
242(4), P. 1785 - 1797
Published: Feb. 25, 2024
Summary
Arbuscular
mycorrhizal
fungi
(AMF)
are
ubiquitous
plant
root
symbionts,
which
can
house
two
endobacteria:
Ca.
Moeniiplasma
glomeromycotorum
(
Ca
Mg)
and
.
Glomeribacter
gigasporarum
Gg).
However,
little
is
known
about
their
distribution
population
structure
in
natural
AMF
populations
whether
harbour
other
endobacteria.
We
isolated
from
environments
conducted
detailed
analyses
of
endobacterial
communities
associated
with
surface‐sterilised
spores.
Consistent
the
previous
reports,
we
found
that
Mg
were
extremely
abundant
(80%)
Gg
rare
(2%)
both
environments.
Unexpectedly,
discovered
an
additional
previously
unknown
level
bacterial
diversity
within
spores,
extended
beyond
endosymbionts,
bacteria
belonging
to
10
phyla
detected
across
our
spore
data
set.
Detailed
analysis
revealed
that:
not
limited
Gigasporaceae
family
AMF,
as
thought;
was
driven
by
host
genotype;
a
significant
inverse
correlation
existed
between
all
Based
on
these
data,
generate
novel
testable
hypotheses
regarding
function
biology
proposing
they
might
act
conditional
mutualists
AMF.
Frontiers in Microbiology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14
Published: Jan. 4, 2024
Introduction
The
hyphosphere
of
arbuscular
mycorrhizal
(AM)
fungi
is
teeming
with
microbial
life.
Yet,
the
influence
nutrient
availability
or
forms
on
microbiomes
still
poorly
understood.
Methods
Here,
we
examined
how
community
(prokaryotic,
fungal,
protistan)
was
affected
by
presence
AM
fungus
Rhizophagus
irregularis
in
rhizosphere
and
root-free
zone,
different
nitrogen
(N)
phosphorus
(P)
supplements
into
compartment
influenced
communities.
Results
greatly
communities
both
prokaryotic
being
most.
Protists
were
only
group
microbes
whose
richness
diversity
significantly
reduced
fungus.
Our
results
showed
that
type
nutrients
encounter
localized
patches
modulate
structure
In
contrast
did
not
observe
any
effects
(non-mycorrhizal)
fungal
composition.
Compared
to
non-mycorrhizal
control,
zone
(i.e.,
hyphosphere)
enriched
Alphaproteobacteria
,
some
micropredatory
copiotroph
bacterial
taxa
(e.g.,
Xanthomonadaceae
Bacteroidota
),
characterized
yet
cultured
Acidobacteriota
subgroup
GP17,
especially
when
phytate
added.
Ammonia-oxidizing
Nitrosomonas
nitrite-oxidizing
Nitrospira
suppressed
compartment,
upon
addition
inorganic
N.
Co-occurrence
network
analyses
revealed
complex
interconnected
more
keystone
species
present,
amended
phytate.
Conclusion
study
form
an
important
driver
eukaryotic
assembly
hyphosphere,
despite
assumed
a
stable
specific
hyphoplane
microbiome.
Predictable
responses
will
open
possibility
using
them
as
co-inoculants
fungi,
e.g.,
improve
crop
performance.
mSystems,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
9(3)
Published: Feb. 29, 2024
ABSTRACT
Temporal
variation
in
community
composition
is
central
to
our
understanding
of
the
assembly
and
functioning
microbial
communities,
yet
controls
over
temporal
dynamics
for
microbiomes
long-lived
plants,
such
as
trees,
remain
unclear.
tree
could
arise
primarily
from
seasonal
(i.e.,
intra-annual)
fluctuations
or
longer-term
changes
across
years
host
plants
age.
To
test
these
alternatives,
we
experimentally
isolated
plant
microbiome
using
a
common
garden
clonally
propagated
used
amplicon
sequencing
characterize
bacterial/archaeal
fungal
communities
leaf
endosphere,
root
rhizosphere
two
Populus
spp.
four
seasons
consecutive
years.
Microbial
differed
among
(which
accounted
up
21%
composition)
was
correlated
with
dissimilarity
climatic
conditions.
However,
also
positively
time,
reflecting
compositional
shifts
trees
aged.
Together,
findings
demonstrate
that
patterns
both
changes,
which
interact
generate
unique
each
year.
In
addition
shedding
light
on
important
microbiomes,
results
suggest
future
studies
should
account
background
when
testing
drivers
spatial
responses
environmental
change.
IMPORTANCE
Microbiomes
are
integral
health
but
have
limited
factors
control
how
time.
Especially
little
known
about
relative
annual
non-woody
plants.
We
tested
changed
between
poplar
(genus
),
widespread
ecologically
species
serve
biofuel
feedstocks.
found
bacterial,
archaeal,
seasons,
differences
depended
This
dependence
driven
by
developed
Our
multiyear)
development.