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Mikael Elfman

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Symbiotic fungi that are essential for plant nutrient uptake investigated with NMP

Author

  • Jan Pallon
  • Håkan Wallander
  • Edith Hammer
  • Natalia Arteaga
  • Vaida Auzelyte
  • Mikael Elfman
  • Per Kristiansson
  • Charlotta Nilsson
  • Pål Axel Olsson
  • Marie Wegdén

Summary, in English

The nuclear microprobe (NMP) technique using PIXE for elemental analysis and STIM on/off axis for parallel mass density normalization has proven successful to investigate possible interactions between minerals and ectomycorrhizal (EM) mycelia that form symbiotic associations with forest trees. The ability for the EM to make elements biologically available from minerals and soil were compared in field studies and in laboratory experiments, and molecular analysis (PCR-RFLP) was used to identify ectomycorrhizal species from the field samplings. EM rhizomorphs associated with apatite in laboratory systems and in mesh bags incubated in forest ecosystems contained larger amounts of Ca than similar rhizomorphs connected to acid-washed sand. EM mycelium produced in mesh bags had a capacity to mobilize P from apatite-amended sand and a high concentration of K in some rhizomorphs suggests that these fungi are good accumulators of K and may have a significant role in transporting K to trees.



Spores formed by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in laboratory cultures were compared with spores formed in saline soils in Tunisia in Northern Africa. We found lower concentrations of P and higher concentrations of Cl in the spores collected from the field than in the spores collected from laboratory cultures. For the case of laboratory cultures, the distribution of e.g. P and K was found to be clearly correlated.

Department/s

  • Department of Physics
  • MEMEG
  • Biodiversity
  • Microbial Ecology
  • Biodiversity and Conservation Science
  • Plant Biology

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

149-152

Publication/Series

Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volume

260

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Subatomic Physics
  • Ecology (including Biodiversity Conservation)
  • Biological Sciences

Keywords

  • Rhizomorphs
  • Arbuscular mycorrhiza
  • PIXE
  • Spores
  • Ectomycorrhizal
  • STIM

Status

Published

Research group

  • Nuclear Microprobe
  • Microbial Ecology
  • Biodiversity and Conservation Science
  • Plant Biology

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0168-583X