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Urban, A; Puschenreiter, M; Strauss, J; Gorfer, M.
(2008): Diversity and structure of ectomycorrhizal and co-associated fungal communities in a serpentine soil.
Mycorrhiza. 2008; 18(6-7):339-354 FullText FullText_BOKU

Abstract:
The community of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) and co-associated fungi from a serpentine site forested with Pinus sylvestris and Quercus petraea was explored, to improve the understanding of ECM diversity in naturally metalliferous soils. ECM fungi were identified by a combination of morphotyping and direct sequencing of the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer region 2 and of a part of the large-subunit region. Co-associated fungi from selected ECM were identified by restriction fragment length polymorphism and sequencing of representative clones from libraries. Polymerase chain reaction with species-specific primers was applied to assess patterns of association of ECM and co-associated fungi. Twenty ECM species were differentiated. Aphyllophoralean fungi representing several basidiomycete orders and Russulaceae were dominant. Phialocephala fortinii was the most frequently encountered taxon from the diverse assemblage of ECM co-associated fungi. A ribotype representing a deeply branching ascomycete lineage known from ribosomal deoxyribonucleic acid sequences only was detected in some ECM samples. A broad taxonomic range of fungi have the potential to successfully colonise tree roots under the extreme edaphic conditions of serpentine soils. Distribution patterns of ECM-co-associated fungi hint at the importance of specific inter-fungal interactions, which are hypothesised to be a relevant factor for the maintenance of ECM diversity.
Autor*innen der BOKU Wien:
Puschenreiter Markus
Strauss Joseph
Find related publications in this database (using NML MeSH Indexing)
DNA, Fungal - analysis
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer - analysis
Ecosystem -
Fungi - classification
Molecular Sequence Data -
Mycorrhizae - classification
Nickel - analysis
Phylogeny -
Pinus - microbiology
Plant Roots - microbiology
Polymerase Chain Reaction -
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length -
Quercus - microbiology
RNA, Ribosomal, 28S - genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA -
Soil - analysis
Soil Microbiology -
Species Specificity -

Find related publications in this database (Keywords)
Pinus sylvestris
Quercus petraea
ectomycorrhiza
ECM-co-associated fungi
Phialocephala fortinii
serpentine
rhizosphere
diversity
heavy metal toxicity


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