Genomes and secretomes of Ascomycota fungi reveal diverse functions in plant biomass decomposition and pathogenesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The dominant fungi in arid grasslands and shrublands are members of the Ascomycota phylum. Ascomycota fungi are important drivers in carbon and nitrogen cycling in arid ecosystems. These fungi play roles in soil stability, plant biomass decomposition, and endophytic interactions with plants. They may also form symbiotic associations with biocrust components or be latent saprotrophs or pathogens that live on plant tissues. However, their functional potential in arid soils, where organic matter, nutrients and water are very low or only periodically available, is poorly characterized.

Results

Five Ascomycota fungi were isolated from different soil crust microhabitats and rhizosphere soils around the native bunchgrass Pleuraphis jamesii in an arid grassland near Moab,

SUBMITTER: Challacombe JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6909477 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature