Abstract
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are widespread, important plant symbionts. They absorb and translocate mineral nutrients from the soil to host plants through an extensive extraradical mycelium, consisting of indefinitely large networks of nonseptate, multinucleated hyphae which may be interconnected by hyphal fusions (anastomoses). This work investigated whether different lineages of the same isolate may lose the ability to establish successful anastomoses, becoming vegetatively incompatible, when grown separately. The occurrence of hyphal incompatibility among five lineages of Funneliformis mosseae, originated from the same ancestor isolate and grown in vivo for more than 20 years in different European locations, was assessed by systematic detection of anastomosis frequency and cytological studies. Anastomosis frequencies ranged from 60 to 80% within the same lineage and from 17 to 44% among different lineages. The consistent detection of protoplasm continuity and nuclei in perfect fusions showed active protoplasm flow both within and between lineages. In pairings between different lineages, post-fusion incompatible reactions occurred in 6–48% of hyphal contacts and pre-fusion incompatibility in 2–17%. Molecular fingerprinting profiles showed genetic divergence among lineages, with overall Jaccard similarity indices ranging from 0.85 to 0.95. Here, phenotypic divergence among the five F. mosseae lineages was demonstrated by the reduction of their ability to form anastomosis and the detection of high levels of vegetative incompatibility. Our data suggest that potential genetic divergence may occur in AMF over only 20 years and represent the basis for detailed studies on the relationship between genes regulating anastomosis formation and hyphal compatibility in AMF.
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We would like to thank the following colleagues for supplying the different F. mosseae lineages: Concepción Azcón-Aguilar, Victoria Estaún, Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson, and Andrea Schubert. We thank the editor and two anonymous referees for comments on the manuscript.
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The financial support of the University of Pisa (Fondi di Ateneo) and of CNR is gratefully acknowledged. CBdN was supported by a post-doctoral scholarship from CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Level Personnel)—Science without Borders (Ciência sem Fronteiras), Brazil.
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Sbrana, C., Strani, P., Pepe, A. et al. Divergence of Funneliformis mosseae populations over 20 years of laboratory cultivation, as revealed by vegetative incompatibility and molecular analysis. Mycorrhiza 28, 329–341 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-018-0830-3
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