Tit for tat? A mycorrhizal fungus accumulates phosphorus under low plant carbon availability.
Hammer, Edith LU ; Pallon, Jan LU ; Wallander, Håkan LU
and Olsson, Pål Axel
LU
(2011)
In FEMS Microbiology Ecology
76.
p.236-244
- Abstract
- The exchange of carbohydrates and mineral nutrients in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis must be controlled by both partners in order to sustain an evolutionarily stable mutualism. Plants down-regulate their carbon flow to the fungus when nutrient levels are sufficient, while the mechanism controlling fungal nutrient transfer is unknown. Here we show that the fungus accumulates nutrients when connected to a host that is of less benefit to the fungus, indicating a potential of the fungus to control the transfer of nutrients. We used a monoxenic in vitro model of root organ cultures associated with G. intraradices, in which we manipulated the carbon availability to the plant. We found that G. intraradices accumulated up to 7 times more... (More)
- The exchange of carbohydrates and mineral nutrients in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis must be controlled by both partners in order to sustain an evolutionarily stable mutualism. Plants down-regulate their carbon flow to the fungus when nutrient levels are sufficient, while the mechanism controlling fungal nutrient transfer is unknown. Here we show that the fungus accumulates nutrients when connected to a host that is of less benefit to the fungus, indicating a potential of the fungus to control the transfer of nutrients. We used a monoxenic in vitro model of root organ cultures associated with G. intraradices, in which we manipulated the carbon availability to the plant. We found that G. intraradices accumulated up to 7 times more nutrients in its spores, and up to 9 times more in its hyphae, when the carbon pool available to the associated roots was halved. The strongest effect was found for phosphorus, considered to be the most important nutrient in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Other elements such as potassium and chorine were also accumulated, but to a lesser extent, while no accumulation of iron or manganese was found. Our results suggest a functional linkage between carbon and phosphorus exchange. (Less)
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- author
- Hammer, Edith
LU
; Pallon, Jan
LU
; Wallander, Håkan
LU
and Olsson, Pål Axel
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2011
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- FEMS Microbiology Ecology
- volume
- 76
- pages
- 236 - 244
- publisher
- Oxford University Press
- external identifiers
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- wos:000289297100005
- scopus:79953792896
- pmid:21223336
- ISSN
- 1574-6941
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01043.x
- project
- Ectomycorrhizal fungi and apatite weathering
- Ectomycorrhizal fungi and nutrient mobilisation
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Biodiversity (432112235), Nuclear Physics (Faculty of Technology) (011013007), MEMEG (432112240)
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