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- Title
Neighboring Deschampsia flexuosa and Trientalis europaea harbor contrasting root fungal endophytic communities.
- Authors
Tejesvi, Mysore; Sauvola, Tiina; Pirttilä, Anna; Ruotsalainen, Anna
- Abstract
Fungal endophytic communities and potential host preference of root-inhabiting fungi of boreal forest understory plants are poorly known. The objective of this study was to find out whether two neighboring plant species, Deschampsia flexuosa (Poaceae) and Trientalis europaea (Primulaceae), share similar root fungal endophytic communities and whether the communities differ between two sites. The study was carried out by analysis of pure culture isolates and root fungal colonization percentages. A total of 84 isolates from D. flexuosa and 27 isolates from T. europaea were obtained. The roots of D. flexuosa harbored 16 different isolate types based on macromorphological characteristics, whereas only 4 isolate types were found in T. europaea. The root colonization by dark septate and hyaline septate hyphae correlated with isolate numbers being higher in D. flexuosa compared to T. europaea. The different isolate types were further identified on the basis of internal transcribed spacer sequence and phylogenetic analysis. An isolate type identified as dark septate endophyte Phialocephala fortinii colonized 50 % of the T. europaea and 21 % of the D. flexuosa specimens. In addition, Meliniomyces variabilis, Phialocephala sphaeroides, and Umbelopsis isabellina were found colonizing the grass, D. flexuosa, for the first time and Mycena sp. was confirmed as an endophyte of D. flexuosa. Site-specific differences were observed in the abundance and diversity of endophytic fungi in the roots of both study plants, but the differences were not as predominant as those between plant species. It is concluded that D. flexuosa harbors both higher amount and more diverse community of endophytic fungi in its roots compared to T. europaea.
- Subjects
PLANT roots; ENDOMYCORRHIZAS; PHYTOPATHOGENIC fungi; UNDERSTORY plants; PERMAFROST forests; GRASSES; PRIMULACEAE; PLANT phylogeny
- Publication
Mycorrhiza, 2013, Vol 23, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0940-6360
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00572-012-0444-0