Nicolas Corradi, Pedro Madeira Antunes, Franco Magurno
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Abstract
In arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, only c. 370 species have been formally described despite these fungal organisms having coevolved with plants for hundreds of millions of years. In contrast to this, dozens of thousands of species are known for many fungal lineages with shorter evolutionary timescales. This Viewpoint highlights some plausible reasons for these striking discrepancies in species description. These include paralogs of ribosomal genes leading to the misidentification of AM fungal species in phylogenetic analyses and polymorphism in homologous morphological traits. We propose to address issues surrounding AM fungal taxonomy using genome-based approaches that will allow the determination of whether individual AM fungal isolates really belong to the same species.
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New Phytologist is an international electronic journal published 24 times a year. It is owned by the New Phytologist Foundation, a non-profit-making charitable organization dedicated to promoting plant science. The journal publishes excellent, novel, rigorous, and timely research and scholarship in plant science and its applications. The articles cover topics in five sections: Physiology & Development, Environment, Interaction, Evolution, and Transformative Plant Biotechnology. These sections encompass intracellular processes, global environmental change, and encourage cross-disciplinary approaches. The journal recognizes the use of techniques from molecular and cell biology, functional genomics, modeling, and system-based approaches in plant science. Abstracting and Indexing Information for New Phytologist includes Academic Search, AgBiotech News & Information, Agroforestry Abstracts, Biochemistry & Biophysics Citation Index, Botanical Pesticides, CAB Abstracts®, Environment Index, Global Health, and Plant Breeding Abstracts, and others.
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