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Article Dans Une Revue PLoS ONE Année : 2011

Sebacinales Everywhere: Previously Overlooked Ubiquitous Fungal Endophytes

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Inconspicuous basidiomycetes from the order Sebacinales are known to be involved in a puzzling variety of mutualistic plant-fungal symbioses (mycorrhizae), which presumably involve transport of mineral nutrients. Recently a few members of this fungal order not fitting this definition and commonly referred to as ‘endophytes’ have raised considerable interest by their ability to enhance plant growth and to increase resistance of their host plants against abiotic stress factors and fungal pathogens. Using DNA-based detection and electron microscopy, we show that Sebacinales are not only extremely versatile in their mycorrhizal associations, but are also almost universally present as symptomless endophytes. They occurred in field specimens of bryophytes, pteridophytes and all families of herbaceous angiosperms we investigated, including liverworts, wheat, maize, and the non-mycorrhizal model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. They were present in all habitats we studied on four continents. We even detected these fungi in herbarium specimens originating from pioneering field trips to North Africa in the 1830s/40s. No geographical or host patterns were detected. Our data suggest that the multitude of mycorrhizal interactions in Sebacinales may have arisen from an ancestral endophytic habit by specialization. Considering their proven beneficial influence on plant growth and their ubiquity, endophytic Sebacinales may be a previously unrecognized universal hidden force in plant ecosystems.
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hal-02650832 , version 1 (29-05-2020)

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Michael Weis, Zuzana Sykorova, Sigisfredo Garnica, Kai Riess, Florent Martos, et al.. Sebacinales Everywhere: Previously Overlooked Ubiquitous Fungal Endophytes. PLoS ONE, 2011, 6 (2), pp.e16793. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0016793⟩. ⟨hal-02650832⟩
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