Symbiosis: Fungi as Shrewd Trade Negotiators

John P. McCutcheon; Ylva Lekberg

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.05.002

Symbiosis: Fungi as Shrewd Trade Negotiators

John P. McCutcheon, Ylva Lekberg

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Abstract

Symbiotic fungi associated with plant roots can shuttle a key nutrient through their hyphal network in response to resource inequality. This need-based transport optimizes trade conditions for carbon with plants.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	R570-R572
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	29
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.05.002
State	Published - Jun 17 2019
Externally published	Yes

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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