Edith Hammer
Senior lecturer
Phosphorus Availability Influences Elemental Uptake in the Mycorrhizal Fungus Glomus intraradices, as Revealed by PIXE Analysis.
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Summary, in English
We investigated element accumulation in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices. Fungal spores and mycelium growing in monoxenic cultures were analyzed. The elemental composition was quantified using particle-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) in combination with scanning transmission ion microscopy. In the spores, Ca and Fe were mainly associated with the spore wall; while P and K showed patchy distributions and their concentrations were correlated. Excess of P in the hyphal growth medium increased the P and Si concentration in spores, and increased the K:Ca ratio in spores. Increased P availability decreased the concentration of Zn and Mn in spores. We conclude that the availability of P influences the uptake and accumulation of several elements in spores. It is demonstrated that PIXE analysis is a powerful tool for quantitative analysis of elemental accumulation in fungal mycelia.
Department/s
- Biodiversity
- MEMEG
- Nuclear physics
- Microbial Ecology
- Biodiversity and Conservation Science
- Plant Biology
Publishing year
2008
Language
English
Pages
4144-4148
Publication/Series
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Volume
74
Issue
13
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Topic
- Ecology
- Subatomic Physics
- Biological Sciences
Status
Published
Research group
- Microbial Ecology
- Biodiversity and Conservation Science
- Plant Biology
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0099-2240