Sequence-based classification and identification of Fungi

D Hibbett, K Abarenkov, U Kõljalg, M Öpik, B Chai… - Mycologia, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Fungal taxonomy and ecology have been revolutionized by the application of molecular
methods and both have increasing connections to genomics and functional biology …

Global arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and abundance decreases with soil available phosphorus

X Ma, X Xu, Q Geng, Y Luo, C Ju, Q Li… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are widely distributed soil organisms that play
critical roles in ecosystem functions. However, little is known about their global distribution …

Unambiguous identification of fungi: where do we stand and how accurate and precise is fungal DNA barcoding?

R Lücking, MC Aime, B Robbertse, AN Miller… - IMA fungus, 2020 - Springer
True fungi (Fungi) and fungus-like organisms (eg Mycetozoa, Oomycota) constitute the
second largest group of organisms based on global richness estimates, with around 3 …

Comparative evaluation of four bacteria-specific primer pairs for 16S rRNA gene surveys

S Thijs, M Op De Beeck, B Beckers, S Truyens… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial taxonomic community analyses using PCR-amplification of the 16S rRNA gene
and high-throughput sequencing has become a cornerstone in microbiology research. To …

Fungal inoculants in the field

MM Hart, PM Antunes, VB Chaudhary, LK Abbott - Functional ecology, 2018 - JSTOR
1. Biofertilizers are a large part of the global agricultural economy. 2. Recently, there has
been an increase in the number of companies producing fungal inoculants. 3. Whether …

Non-biological synthetic spike-in controls and the AMPtk software pipeline improve mycobiome data

JM Palmer, MA Jusino, MT Banik, DL Lindner - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
High-throughput amplicon sequencing (HTAS) of conserved DNA regions is a powerful
technique to characterize microbial communities. Recently, spike-in mock communities have …

Methods for the extraction, storage, amplification and sequencing of DNA from environmental samples

G Lear, I Dickie, J Banks, S Boyer, HL Buckley… - New Zealand Journal of …, 2018 - JSTOR
Advances in the sequencing of DNA extracted from media such as soil and water offer huge
opportunities for biodiversity monitoring and assessment, particularly where the collection or …

[책][B] The fungal community: its organization and role in the ecosystem

J Dighton, JF White - 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

More bang for the buck? Can arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities be characterized adequately alongside other fungi using general fungal primers?

Y Lekberg, M Vasar, LS Bullington, SK Sepp… - New Phytologist, 2018 - JSTOR
Background High throughput sequencing has revolutionized microbial ecology. We now
have the ability to characterize both prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbial communities more …

Dynamic phosphate uptake in arbuscular mycorrhizal roots under field conditions

Y Kobae - Frontiers in environmental Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Many crops are colonized with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), which can efficiently
absorb nutrients such as phosphate from the soil. The utilization of mycorrhizal symbioses is …