Hyphal healing mechanism in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Scutellospora reticulata and Glomus clarum differs in response to severe physical stress

De La Providencia Sanchez, Ivan Enriquez;Fernandez, Felix;Declerck, Stephan
(2007) FEMS Microbiology Letters — Vol. 268, n° 1, p. 120-125 (2007)

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  • De La Providencia Sanchez, Ivan EnriquezUCLouvain
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  • Fernandez, FelixUCLouvain
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The hyphal healing mechanism (HHM) has been shown to differ between Gigasporaceae and Glomeraceae. However, this process has not been considered under (severe) physical stress conditions. Scutellospora reticulata and Glomus clarum strains were cultured monoxenically. The impact of long distance separating cut extremities of hyphae and of multiple injuries within hyphae on the HHM was monitored. For long distances (> 5000 mu m) separating cut extremities, hyphae healing was observed in half the cases in S. reticulata and was absent in G. clarum. For multiple-injured hyphae, the HHM was always oriented towards the complete recovery of hyphae integrity in S. reticulata, while in G. clarum, the growing hyphal tips (GHTs) could indifferently reconnect cut sections, by-pass cut sections or develop into the environment. Hyphae behaviour under severe physical stress clearly differentiated S. reticulata from G. clarum, suggesting that both fungi have developed different strategies for colony growth to survive under adverse conditions.
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De La Providencia Sanchez, I. E., Fernandez, F., & Declerck, S. (2007). Hyphal healing mechanism in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Scutellospora reticulata and Glomus clarum differs in response to severe physical stress. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 268(1), 120-125. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00572.x (Original work published 2007)