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Type 2 diabetes NOT a one-way street. Education writer turned Masters student. Public Health Collaboration ambassador: phcuk.org All opinions are my own.
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Common symbiotic signalling pathway not essential for formation of functional mutualisms with endophytic fungi

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By Alex Williams, Besiana Sinanaj, Victor Rodriguez-Morelos, James N. Prout
| biorxiv.org
Abstract Most plants form mutualistic symbioses with soil fungi, including arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. These fungi usually transfer soil nutrients to plants and assimilate carbon from host plant photosynthesis. Recently, Mucoromycotina 'fine root endophytes' (MFRE) were identified as nutritionally mutualistic and widespread fungal symbionts of plants, establishing MFRE as a new class of mycorrhizal fungi. However, the regulatory mechanisms for MFRE symbioses are completely unknown.
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Preferential nitrogen and carbon exchange dynamics in Mucoromycotina “fine root endophyte”-plant symbiosis

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By Nathan Howard, Alex Williams, Emily Durant, Silvia Pressel, Tim Daniell, Katie Field
| Cell Press
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Mucoromycotina ‘fine root endophytes’: a new molecular model for plant-fungal mutualisms?

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By Alex Williams, Alan Wanke, Sainsbury Laboratory, James N. Prout
| Cell Press
Highlights Mucoromycotina fine root endophytes have similar ecological functions as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in assisting plant nutrient uptake. The mechanisms enabling their symbiosis with plants remain largely unexplored. The mechanisms of Mucoromycotina fine root endophyte symbioses may overlap with those regulating arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal symbioses or the plant endophytes Colletotrichum tofieldiae and Serendipita indica.
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