Their hyphal structure, the common events of hybridization and horizontal gene transfer, as well as intimate associations with prokaryotes (including endobiotic bacteria) and cooperation with eukaryotes have made fungi very flexible at the genetic, physiological, and ecological levels. It is manifested with the fungal ability to perfectly exploit existing nutrient sources and plastically fit into a changing environment. Although the links between fungi and other ecosystem components are rarely clearly visible and unambiguous, fungi can be ecosystem buffers playing a homeostatic role throughout global ecosystems, reacting to changes in various ways, not only by modifications of gene expression but also by nuclear status and “extended phenotype”. The goal of this review is to underline some ecological interactions involving fungi and other organisms and to indicate high fungal plasticity in terms of ontogenetic perspective.
The plasticity of fungal interactions
M. Wrzosek,M. Ruszkiewicz-Michalska,K. Sikora,M. Damszel,Z. Sierota
Published 2017 in Mycological progress
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2017
- Venue
Mycological progress
- Publication date
2017-02-01
- Fields of study
Biology, Environmental Science
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- ecosystem buffering
The role of fungi in moderating ecosystem change and supporting stability across ecosystems.
Aliases: homeostatic role
- extended phenotype
Traits expressed beyond the organism's body through effects on its environment or partners.
- fungal plasticity
The capacity of fungi to vary genetically, physiologically, ecologically, and developmentally.
Aliases: fungal flexibility
- gene expression
The regulation of which genes are active in fungal cells in response to conditions.
- horizontal gene transfer
Movement of genetic material between organisms outside standard inheritance.
Aliases: HGT
- hybridization
The formation of hybrid fungal lineages through the mixing of genomes from different parental strains or species.
- hyphal structure
The filamentous fungal architecture built from branching hyphae and forming a mycelial network.
- nuclear status
The nuclear configuration of fungal cells, including their number or genetic state.
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