Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal mycelial traits and their relation to ecological niches
| Name: | Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal mycelial traits and their relation to ecological niches |
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| Researchers: |
Kolaříková (roz. Sýkorová) Zuzana (head – principal researcher) Kvasničková (Kadlecová) Jana (member of research team) Skřivánek Jakub (member of research team) Mlčochová Anna (member of research team) Josefiová Jiřina (member of research team) Nicoletti Marascalchi Matheus (member of research team) |
| Provider: | MŠMT |
| Number: | LUAUS25238 |
| Realization from: | 2025 |
| Realization to: | 2028 |
| Summary: | The main aim of this project is to relate key mycelial traits of AMF, namely ratio of IRM to ERM and architecture of extraradical mycelium, to the biogeography and realized niches of AMF. To this end, we will determine these parameters in samples from the world largest AMF pure cultures collection INVAM and also evaluate long term dynamics of IRM and ERM development across AMF taxa from all different phylogenetic lineages of Glomeromycota. Additionally, we will study ecologically relevant and measurable parameters of extraradical mycelial architecture of AMF (such as branching frequency and hyphae diameter). All studied AMF taxa will be also characterized by sequencing a 2.5 kb fragment of ribosomal DNA (rDNA) using a long-read sequencing method, which will enable to link their traits to biogeography and realized niches established by database mining. Final part of the project will be the establishment of a database of AMF traits and corresponding rDNA sequences of representative species across the Glomeromycota phylum. |
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