Ectomycorrhizal fungi - potential organic matter decomposers, yet not saprotrophs

New Phytologist

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1443-1447

  Lindahl, Björn D ^a   Tunlid, Anders ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Decomposition; Ectomycorrhiza; Nitrogen cycling; Organic matter oxidation; Priming effect

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECOMPOSITION; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; MOBILIZATION; OXIDATION; SAPROTROPHY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

FUNGI;

CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MYCORRHIZA; SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMICS; MYCORRHIZAE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84922892995     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13201     Document Type: Review

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