Organic nitrogen utilisation by an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus is mediated by specific soil bacteria and a protist

  • Martin Rozmoš
    Laboratory of Fungal Biology, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences , Vídeňská 1083, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic
  • Petra Bukovská
    Laboratory of Fungal Biology, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences , Vídeňská 1083, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic
  • Hana Hršelová
    Laboratory of Fungal Biology, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences , Vídeňská 1083, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic
  • Michala Kotianová
    Laboratory of Fungal Biology, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences , Vídeňská 1083, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic
  • Martin Dudáš
    Laboratory of Fungal Biology, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences , Vídeňská 1083, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic
  • Kateřina Gančarčíková
    Laboratory of Fungal Biology, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences , Vídeňská 1083, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic
  • Jan Jansa
    Laboratory of Fungal Biology, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences , Vídeňská 1083, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic

説明

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi lack efficient exoenzymes to access organic nutrients directly. Nevertheless, the fungi often obtain and further channel to their host plants a significant share of nitrogen (N) and/or phosphorus from such resources, presumably via cooperation with other soil microorganisms. Because it is challenging to disentangle individual microbial players and processes in complex soil, we took a synthetic approach here to study 15N-labelled chitin (an organic N source) recycling via microbial loop in AM fungal hyphosphere. To this end, we employed a compartmented in vitro cultivation system and monoxenic culture of Rhizophagus irregularis associated with Cichorium intybus roots, various soil bacteria, and the protist Polysphondylium pallidum. We showed that upon presence of Paenibacillus sp. in its hyphosphere, the AM fungus (and associated plant roots) obtained several-fold larger quantities of N from the chitin than it did with any other bacteria, whether chitinolytic or not. Moreover, we demonstrated that adding P. pallidum to the hyphosphere with Paenibacillus sp. further increased by at least 65% the gain of N from the chitin by the AM fungus compared to the hyphosphere without protists. We thus directly demonstrate microbial interplay possibly involved in efficient organic N utilisation by AM fungal hyphae.</jats:p>

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  • The ISME Journal

    The ISME Journal 16 (3), 676-685, 2021-09-20

    Oxford University Press (OUP)

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