{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Huang W"],"funding":["China Scholarship Council","Dutch Research Council (NWO)"],"pagination":["398"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9050698"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["5(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The chemical quality of soil carbon (C) inputs is a major factor controlling litter decomposition and soil C dynamics. Mycorrhizal fungi constitute one of the dominant pools of soil microbial C, while their litter quality (chemical proxies of litter decomposability) is understood poorly, leading to major uncertainties in estimating soil C dynamics. We examined litter decomposability of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungal species using samples obtained from in vitro cultivation. We showed that the chemical composition of AM and EM fungal mycelium differs significantly: EM fungi have higher concentrations of labile (water-soluble, ethanol-soluble) and recalcitrant (non-extractable) chemical components, while AM fungi have higher concentrations of acid-hydrolysable com"],"journal":["Communications biology"],"pubmed_title":["Mycelium chemistry differs markedly between ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi."],"pmcid":["PMC9050698"],"funding_grant_id":["201706040071","016.161.318"],"pubmed_authors":["van Bodegom PM","Heinonsalo J","Liski J","Huang W","Declerck S","Viskari T","Soudzilovskaia NA","Cosme M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Mycelium chemistry differs markedly between ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.","description":"The chemical quality of soil carbon (C) inputs is a major factor controlling litter decomposition and soil C dynamics. Mycorrhizal fungi constitute one of the dominant pools of soil microbial C, while their litter quality (chemical proxies of litter decomposability) is understood poorly, leading to major uncertainties in estimating soil C dynamics. We examined litter decomposability of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungal species using samples obtained from in vitro cultivation. We showed that the chemical composition of AM and EM fungal mycelium differs significantly: EM fungi have higher concentrations of labile (water-soluble, ethanol-soluble) and recalcitrant (non-extractable) chemical components, while AM fungi have higher concentrations of acid-hydrolysable com","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Apr","modification":"2025-04-05T13:23:14.765Z","creation":"2025-04-05T13:23:14.765Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9050698","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35484190"],"doi":["10.1038/s42003-022-03341-9"]}}