How Mycelium Networks Transport Nutrients in Forests
In short: Mycorrhizal fungi create common mycelial networks (CMNs) by extending tubular filaments called hyphae from host plants to colonize neighboring roots [src_01, src_08].
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Sources used in this film: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Common Mycorrhizae Network: A Review of the Theories and Mechanisms Behind Underground Interactions”; Springer, “Decoding fungal communication networks: molecular signaling, genetic regulation, and ecological implications - Functional & Integrative Genomics”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Mycelium chemistry differs markedly between ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi”; Nature Reviews Microbiology, “Cross-kingdom nutrient exchange in the plant–arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus–bacterium continuum - Nature Reviews Microbiology”; Nature Communications, “Soil fungal networks maintain local dominance of ectomycorrhizal trees - Nature Communications”; Springer, “Fungal Internet: The Natural Networking Systems”; Nature Portfolio, “Evidence for resource transfer via common endophyte networks - Scientific Reports”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Morphology and mechanics of fungal mycelium”; British Mycological Society, “Chapter 1 Mycelial networks: Structure and dynamics”.
Sources used in this film
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Common Mycorrhizae Network: A Review of the Theories and Mechanisms Behind Underground Interactions · View →
- Springer — Decoding fungal communication networks: molecular signaling, genetic regulation, and ecological implications - Functional & Integrative Genomics · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Mycelium chemistry differs markedly between ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi · View →
- Nature Reviews Microbiology — Cross-kingdom nutrient exchange in the plant–arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus–bacterium continuum - Nature Reviews Microbiology · View →
- Nature Communications — Soil fungal networks maintain local dominance of ectomycorrhizal trees - Nature Communications · View →
- Springer — Fungal Internet: The Natural Networking Systems · View →
- Nature Portfolio — Evidence for resource transfer via common endophyte networks - Scientific Reports · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Morphology and mechanics of fungal mycelium · View →
- British Mycological Society — Chapter 1 Mycelial networks: Structure and dynamics · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Frontiers in Fungal Biology: Common Mycorrhizae Network: A Review of the Theories and Mechanisms Behind Underground Interactions
- Also: Springer: Decoding fungal communication networks: molecular signaling, genetic regulation, and ecological implications - Functional & Integrative Genomics
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Mycelium chemistry differs markedly between ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
- Also: Nature Reviews Microbiology: Cross-kingdom nutrient exchange in the plant–arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus–bacterium continuum - Nature Reviews Microbiology
- Also: Nature Communications: Soil fungal networks maintain local dominance of ectomycorrhizal trees - Nature Communications
- Also: Springer: Fungal Internet: The Natural Networking Systems
- Also: Nature Portfolio: Evidence for resource transfer via common endophyte networks - Scientific Reports
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Morphology and mechanics of fungal mycelium
- Also: British Mycological Society: Chapter 1 Mycelial networks: Structure and dynamics
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