Ectomycorrhizal ecology is imprinted in the genome of the dominant symbiotic fungus Cenococcum geophilum

The ascomycete Cenococcum geophilum is a beneficial mycorrhizal symbiont found frequently on tree roots. Here the authors use comparative genomics and transcriptomics to define genomic signatures that differentiate the beneficial C. geophilumfrom its saprotrophic and pathogenic relatives.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Martina Peter, Annegret Kohler, Robin A. Ohm, Alan Kuo, Jennifer Krützmann, Emmanuelle Morin, Matthias Arend, Kerrie W. Barry, Manfred Binder, Cindy Choi, Alicia Clum, Alex Copeland, Nadine Grisel, Sajeet Haridas, Tabea Kipfer, Kurt LaButti, Erika Lindquist, Anna Lipzen, Renaud Maire, Barbara Meier, Sirma Mihaltcheva, Virginie Molinier, Claude Murat, Stefanie Pöggeler, C. Alisha Quandt, Christoph Sperisen, Andrew Tritt, Emilie Tisserant, Pedro W. Crous, Bernard Henrissat, Uwe Nehls, Simon Egli, Joseph W. Spatafora, Igor V. Grigoriev, Francis M. Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12662