Asymbiotic mass production of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus clarus.

ABSTRACT: Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis is a mutually beneficial interaction between fungi and land plants and promotes global phosphate cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. AM fungi are recognised as obligate symbionts that require root colonisation to complete a life cycle involving the production of propagules, asexual spores. Recently, it has been shown that Rhizophagus irregularis can produce infection-competent secondary spores asymbiotically by adding a fatty acid, palmitoleic acid. Furthermore, asymbiotic growth can be supported using myristate as a carbon and energy source for their asymbiotic growth to increase fungal biomass. However, the spore production and the ability of these spores to colonise host roots were still limited compared to the co-culture of the fungus with plant roo

SUBMITTER: Tanaka S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8755765 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature