TY  - JOUR
AU  - Leroy, Celine
AU  - Maes, Arthur QuyManh
AU  - Louisanna, Eliane
AU  - Schimann, Heidy
AU  - Séjalon-Delmas, Nathalie
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of rootassociated fungi in bromeliads: effects of host identity, life forms and nutritional modes
JO  - New Phytologist
SP  - 1195
EP  - 1209
VL  - 231
IS  - 3
PB  - New Phytologist Foundation
N2  - Bromeliads represent a major component of neotropical forests and encompass a considerable diversity of life forms and nutritional modes. Bromeliads explore highly stressful habitats and root-associated fungi may play a crucial role in this, but the driving factors and variations in root-associated fungi remain largely unknown.    We explored root-associated fungal communities in 17 bromeliad species and their variations linked to host identity, life forms and nutritional modes by using ITS1 gene-based high-throughput sequencing and by characterizing fungal functional guilds.    We found a dual association of mycorrhizal and nonmycorrhizal fungi. The different species, life forms and nutritional modes among bromeliad hosts had fungal communities that differ in their taxonomic and functional composition. Specifically, roots of epiphytic bromeliads had more endophytic fungi and dark septate endophytes and fewer mycorrhizal fungi than terrestrial bromeliads and lithophytes.    Our results contribute to a fundamental knowledge base on different fungal groups in previously undescribed Bromeliaceae. The diverse root-associated fungal communities in bromeliads may enhance plant fitness in both stressful and nutrient-poor environments and may give more flexibility to the plants to adapt to changing environmental conditions.
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.17288
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ID  - Leroy_etal2021
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