Myristate and the ecology of AM fungi : significance, opportunities, applications and challenges

Matthias C. Rillig; Carlos A. Aguilar-Trigueros; Ian C. Anderson; Janis Antonovics; Max-Bernhard Ballhausen; Joana Bergmann; Milos Bielcik; V. Bala Chaudhary; Coline Deveautour; Leonie Grunfeld; Stefan Hempel; Milica Lakovic; Daniel R. Lammel; Anika Lehmann; Johannes Lehmann; Eva F. Leifheit; Yun Liang; Erqin Li; Yudi M. Lozano; Annette Manntschke; India Mansour; Peter Oviatt; Liliana Pinek; Jeff R. Powell; Julien Roy; Masahiro Ryo; Moises A. Sosa-Hernandez; Stavros D. Veresoglou; Dongwei Wang; Gaowen Yang; Haiyang Zhang

doi:10.1111/nph.16527

Myristate and the ecology of AM fungi : significance, opportunities, applications and challenges

Matthias C. Rillig
, Carlos A. Aguilar-Trigueros
, Ian C. Anderson
, Janis Antonovics
, Max-Bernhard Ballhausen
, Joana Bergmann
, Milos Bielcik
, V. Bala Chaudhary
, Coline Deveautour
, Leonie Grunfeld
, Stefan Hempel
, Milica Lakovic
, Daniel R. Lammel
, Anika Lehmann
, Johannes Lehmann
, Eva F. Leifheit
, Yun Liang
, Erqin Li
, Yudi M. Lozano
, Annette Manntschke

India Mansour, Peter Oviatt, Liliana Pinek, Jeff R. Powell, Julien Roy, Masahiro Ryo, Moises A. Sosa-Hernandez, Stavros D. Veresoglou, Dongwei Wang, Gaowen Yang, Haiyang Zhang

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

A recent study by Sugiura and coworkers reported the nonsymbiotic growth and spore production of an arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus, Rhizophagus irregularis, when the fungus received an external supply of certain fatty acids, myristates (C:14). This discovery follows the insight that AM fungi receive fatty acids from their hosts when in symbiosis. If this result holds up and can be repeated under nonsterile conditions and with a broader range of fungi, it has numerous consequences for our understanding of AM fungal ecology, from the level of the fungus, at the plant community level, and to functional consequences in ecosystems. In addition, myristate may open up several avenues from a more applied perspective, including improved fungal culture and supplementation of AM fungi or inoculum in the field. We here map these potential opportunities, and additionally offer thoughts on potential risks of this potentially new technology. Lastly, we discuss the specific research challenges that need to be overcome to come to an understanding of the potential role of myristate in AM ecology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1610-1614
Number of pages	5
Journal	New Phytologist
Volume	227
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16527
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2020

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vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizas

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Rillig, M. C., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Anderson, I. C., Antonovics, J., Ballhausen, M.-B., Bergmann, J., Bielcik, M., Chaudhary, V. B., Deveautour, C., Grunfeld, L., Hempel, S., Lakovic, M., Lammel, D. R., Lehmann, A., Lehmann, J., Leifheit, E. F., Liang, Y., Li, E., Lozano, Y. M., ... Zhang, H. (2020). Myristate and the ecology of AM fungi : significance, opportunities, applications and challenges. New Phytologist, 227(6), 1610-1614. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16527

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