Fungal Physiology

Ectomycorrhizae associated with pine and eucalyptus from the Mesopotamian region of Argentina

We use low-cost remote, modular sensing devices to measure how environmental variables modulate the abundance of microbial population and their impact on vegetation growth in difficult settings, addressing unknown interactions between soil bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi in complex ecosystems dynamics like soil respiration, carbon cycle and nitrogen fixation.

Soil microorganism and biofertilization.

Responses and adaptation of fungi to global climate change and impacts to biogeochemical cycles.

Soil and Land Ecology Lab, Head

• Benefits of Plant Growth Promoting Microorganisms (PGPM): Highly effective strains, encapsulation, seed coating
• Mycorrhiza/PGPM: Physiology, markers and predictive tools, strategies for mastering colonization/beneficial effects on crop production, tracking introduced strains
• Quality control of mycorrhizal fungi as microbial plant biostimulants, member of CEN-TC 455 'Biostimulants for future'

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Plant and microbial ecology focused on microbiome stress mediation in plants and soil microbiome response to climate change.

Mycorrhizal control of C and nutrient cycles.

Assistant professor of microbial ecology and environmental sciences. Loves mycorrhiza and their ecophysiology, and recently studies hyphal networks, their interactions and decision making in soil chips.

My research is focusing on understanding how soil fungi drive forest ecosystems through their roles in important soil processes including organic matter decomposition and nutrient turnover, as well as carbon sequestration. Much of his research has concentrated on ectomycorrhizal fungi, which form symbiotic associations with the roots of forest trees. I'm developing large-scale genomics and environmental genomics for investigating the function and role of this highly significant class of soil microorganisms.

My research interests are about the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in peat forests, mangrove forests, tropical forests in West Kalimantan. Apart from that, I also researched the physiology of heavy metal stress (especially mercury) in mycorrhizal plants as a basis for phytoremediation of mercury-contaminated land. Most gold mining in West Kalimantan uses mercury in the gold amalgamation process. This causes the land around the gold mining area to be contaminated with mercury. Phytoremediation efforts can be supported with mycorrhizal plants.

My main interest is nutrient cycling and drivers in aboveground-belowground communities including mycorrhiza, and what this means for ecosystem functioning and global change. Recent work tests how major drivers in grasslands and savanna (climate, herbivory, fire, woody plant encroachment) affect primary productivity as well as nutrient cycling, soil microbial and faunal diversity, and carbon sinks.

I am a microbial ecologist, biogeochemist, and professor at Boston University with 20+ years of experience leading research teams in ecosystem ecology, soil biogeochemistry, and environmental microbiome science. My research focuses on using molecular and biogeochemistry tools to identify how human-induced global changes – such as warming, elevated carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, nutrient pollution, and urbanization – impact patterns of microbial abundance and activity in forests at the molecular, community, and landscape levels.

My main two areas of research are seeking to understand the role of microbial secreted proteins, nucleic acids, and metabolites in negotiating symbiotic interactions with plants (chemical ecology). I also study the plant perception systems that enable them to differentiate between mutualistic and pathogenic microbes.

Evolution, diversity, function and ecology of plant-fungal symbioses and their applications in sustainable agriculture.

I study the ecology and function of ectomycorrhizal symbiosis between tree roots and soil fungi. This involves some work in the field, studying which fungi are out there and what they are doing, and a lot of experiments in the greenhouse and the lab, investigating how the plants and fungi work together from molecular and physiological perspectives.

High throughput analysis of fungal networks.

Professor in Plant Biology at the University of Turin with a focus on arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis. Specifically, genetic variability of AM fungi and their microbiota (endobacteria and viruses), the molecular mechanisms at the basis of the interaction with the host plant, and the impact of the AM symbiosis on plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses.

We investigate the importance of mycorrhizas and soil biodiversity for plant growth, ecosystem functioning and sustainability. We assess soil and plant microbiomes (including mycorrhizas) and investigate the physiology and molecular biology of mycorrhizal associations.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi genetics and genomics

Fungal ecology with an emphasis on plant-fungal interactions and mycorrhizal symbiosis. Applied reseach in restoration and invasion ecology.

Our group studies about the ECM communities, EEM and ECM physiology in several kinds of forest in southern Viet Nam such as pine forest, lowland rain forest, evergreen forest, deciduous forest...

Plant-microbe interaction focused on arbuscular mycorrhizal endobacteria and local and systemic plant responses using omics approaches.

My research focuses on the effects of contamination with heavy metals or radionuclides on soil communities, and on the potential protective effects of mycorrhiza against toxicity. I am also interested in the evolution of partner selection in symbiosis.

Integration of big biological data, data visualization, and development of innovative bioinformatic tools in fungal biology.

I am an experimental biologist studying physiology and genetics of mycorrhizal symbiosis, which I believe are the key to understand soil microbiome formation and functioning of plant holobiont. I am also trying to link the findings with ecology and evolution of the mycorrhizal symbiosis.

Understanding microbial community ecology from a hologenomics perspective, with a particular focus on fungal-bacterial interactions, especially in the context of the global food system.

Fungal ecology and composting

Nuclear dynamics of arbuscular mycorrhizae & its evolutionary significance with applications in sustainable agriculture & climate change research.

Currently, my research explores mycorrhizal associations in orchids.

My research investigates the effects of urbanization and changes in warming on soil fungal communities, unraveling the intricate ecological dynamics and understanding the consequences of these dual forces on soil microbial diversity and function.

I reach and teach over 2.5 million followers about the fantastic variety of mushrooms and fungi via my FascinatedByFungi accounts on social media. My academic research focused on the microbial ecology of wine fermentations and process control.

Interested in interactions of mycorrhizal fungi with other soil microorganisms

Microbial ecologist notoriously curious about the life of fungi. I currently work with microfluidic systems to study behaviors and interactions of filamentous fungi.

Diversity and ecology of Glomeromycota in natural systems, agroecosystems, and forest systems through taxonomy and molecular systematics. Additionally, I am interested in analyzing the role of soil microbiota in plant growth and development, and how it influences the fitness of insects (Lepidoptera).

I work with pollutants and their degradation with fungi

Biodiversidad y ecología de hongos ectomicorrízicos en ecosistemas templados, subtropicales y tropicales. Biotecnología de inoculación con hongos ectomicorrízicos tendiente a reforestaciones exitosas y rehabilitación de ecosistemas forestales. Uso sostenible de hongos comestibles silvestres, como recurso forestal no maderable, para la conservación de ecosistemas naturales en los pueblos originarios de México.

Estudio de la intercomunicación entre plantas mediada por redes micorrícicas comúnes