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Title: Russulaceae: a new genomic dataset to study ecosystem function and evolutionary diversification of ectomycorrhizal fungi with their tree associates

Abstract

Summary The family Russulaceae is considered an iconic lineage of mostly mushroom‐forming basidiomycetes due to their importance as edible mushrooms in many parts of the world, and their ubiquity as ectomycorrhizal symbionts in both temperate and tropical forested biomes. Although much research has been focused on this group, a comprehensive or cohesive synthesis by which to understand the functional diversity of the group has yet to develop. Interest in ectomycorrhizal fungi, of which Russulaceae is a key lineage, is prodigious due to the important roles they play as plant root mutualists in ecosystem functioning, global carbon sequestration, and a potential role in technology development toward environmental sustainability. As one of the most species‐diverse ectomycorrhizal lineages, the Russulaceae has recently been the focus of a dense sampling and genome sequencing initiative with the Joint Genome Institute aimed at untangling their functional roles and testing whether functional niche specialization exists for independent lineages of ectomycorrhizal fungi. Here we present a review of important studies on this group to contextualize what we know about its members' evolutionary history and ecosystem functions, as well as to generate hypotheses establishing the Russulaceae as a valuable experimental system.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [4];  [5]; ORCiD logo [6]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Biosciences Division; Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; National Inst. for Agricultural Research (INRA) and Univ. of Lorraine, Champenoux (France). Lab. ARBRE (Advanced Research on the Biology of Tree and Forest Ecosystems)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Biosciences Division
  3. Univ. of Helsinki (Finland). Finnish Museum of Natural History
  4. National Inst. for Agricultural Research (INRA) and Univ. of Lorraine, Champenoux (France). Lab. ARBRE (Advanced Research on the Biology of Tree and Forest Ecosystems)
  5. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  6. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Biosciences Division; Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); National Inst. for Agricultural Research (INRA) and Univ. of Lorraine, Champenoux (France)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Agency for Research (ANR) (France)
OSTI Identifier:
1474699
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1418720
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; AC02-05CH11231; SC0014664; DEB-1501293; ANR-11-LABX-0002-01
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
New Phytologist
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 218; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; decomposition; functional diversity; fungal niche; secondary metabolism; symbiosis

Citation Formats

Looney, Brian P., Meidl, Peter, Piatek, Marek J., Miettinen, Otto, Martin, Francis M., Matheny, P. Brandon, and Labbé, Jessy L. Russulaceae: a new genomic dataset to study ecosystem function and evolutionary diversification of ectomycorrhizal fungi with their tree associates. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1111/nph.15001.
Looney, Brian P., Meidl, Peter, Piatek, Marek J., Miettinen, Otto, Martin, Francis M., Matheny, P. Brandon, & Labbé, Jessy L. Russulaceae: a new genomic dataset to study ecosystem function and evolutionary diversification of ectomycorrhizal fungi with their tree associates. United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15001
Looney, Brian P., Meidl, Peter, Piatek, Marek J., Miettinen, Otto, Martin, Francis M., Matheny, P. Brandon, and Labbé, Jessy L. Tue . "Russulaceae: a new genomic dataset to study ecosystem function and evolutionary diversification of ectomycorrhizal fungi with their tree associates". United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15001. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1474699.
@article{osti_1474699,
title = {Russulaceae: a new genomic dataset to study ecosystem function and evolutionary diversification of ectomycorrhizal fungi with their tree associates},
author = {Looney, Brian P. and Meidl, Peter and Piatek, Marek J. and Miettinen, Otto and Martin, Francis M. and Matheny, P. Brandon and Labbé, Jessy L.},
abstractNote = {Summary The family Russulaceae is considered an iconic lineage of mostly mushroom‐forming basidiomycetes due to their importance as edible mushrooms in many parts of the world, and their ubiquity as ectomycorrhizal symbionts in both temperate and tropical forested biomes. Although much research has been focused on this group, a comprehensive or cohesive synthesis by which to understand the functional diversity of the group has yet to develop. Interest in ectomycorrhizal fungi, of which Russulaceae is a key lineage, is prodigious due to the important roles they play as plant root mutualists in ecosystem functioning, global carbon sequestration, and a potential role in technology development toward environmental sustainability. As one of the most species‐diverse ectomycorrhizal lineages, the Russulaceae has recently been the focus of a dense sampling and genome sequencing initiative with the Joint Genome Institute aimed at untangling their functional roles and testing whether functional niche specialization exists for independent lineages of ectomycorrhizal fungi. Here we present a review of important studies on this group to contextualize what we know about its members' evolutionary history and ecosystem functions, as well as to generate hypotheses establishing the Russulaceae as a valuable experimental system.},
doi = {10.1111/nph.15001},
journal = {New Phytologist},
number = 1,
volume = 218,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 30 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Tue Jan 30 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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Table 1 Table 1: Russulaceae genome sampling with pertinent metadata (Joint Genome Initiative (JGI) identifier, taxon with strain identifier, source of sequencing, JGI project number, location collected and GenBank internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region accession numbers)

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