Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis Flashcards
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Structure
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symbiosis
the living together of unlike organisms
describe AMS
mutualistic plant-microbe interactions based on resource exchange
RNS
- root nodule symbiosis
mycorrhizal symbiosis
- 100% Pi
- 40% N
AM fungal mycelia
- improves plant mineral acquisition (nutrient status)
- mycorrhizosphere
- can functionally replace lateral roots to restore biomass (ltrl)
mycorrhizopshere
- mycocosm
- maximises nutrient uptake
zone of depletion
- fungus can solubilise organic-bound
- phytic-acid solubilising bacteria
arbuscules
uptake + root delivery
AMS benefits
i) bio-fertilisation (P, N, water)
ii) bio-protection (abiotic stresses)
iii) biostabilisation (soil and global cycling; C uptake and locking)
arbuscular endomycorrhizal associations
- all plant lineages (200k sp.)
- Mucoromucota (0.3k, 72%)
ectomycorrhizae
- shrubs, trees (6k)
- Basidio, Asco (20k, 2%)
orchid mycorrhizae
- orchids (20-35k)
- Basidiomycota (25k, 10%)
ericoid mycorrhizae
- Ericaceae (4k)
- Ascomycota (0.15k, 1.5%)
AMF features
i) obligate biotrophs
ii) fatty acid auxotrophs
iii) lack PCWDEs
iv) multinucleate spores
v) asexual
vi) 570Myo monophyly (subphylum: Glomeromycotina)
obligate biography
- axenic culture
- requires living host
fatty acid auxotrophs
lack fatty acid synthase
PCWDEs
- plant cell wall degrading enzymes
- cannot generate organic C
multinucleate spores
- homo + heterokaryon strains
- not genetically tractable
asexual AMF
- coenocytic hyphae (4-6micrometer diameter)
- anastomosis
model AMF
- Rhizophagus irregularis DAOM 197198
AM symbiosis facilitated terrestrialisation
1) fossil records
2) broad distribution (e.g. early branching embryo-bytes)
3) molecular data (genome sequencing)
fossil records
- ~407Mya: early Devonian Rhynie Chert
- Aglaophyton major
- rootless early embryophytes (bryophytic)
- endophytic associations
- “arbuscular” structures when compares to Z. mays
Z. mays
colonised by Gloms mosseae