Using next generation transcriptome sequencing to predict an ectomycorrhizal metabolome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mycorrhizae, symbiotic interactions between soil fungi and tree roots, are ubiquitous in terrestrial ecosystems. The fungi contribute phosphorous, nitrogen and mobilized nutrients from organic matter in the soil and in return the fungus receives photosynthetically-derived carbohydrates. This union of plant and fungal metabolisms is the mycorrhizal metabolome. Understanding this symbiotic relationship at a molecular level provides important contributions to the understanding of forest ecosystems and global carbon cycling.

Results

We generated next generation short-read transcriptomic sequencing data from fully-formed ectomycorrhizae between Laccaria bicolor and aspen (Populus tremuloides) roots. The transcriptomic data was used to identify statistically significant

SUBMITTER: Larsen PE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3114729 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature