Phytoremediation with Geosiphon-like symbiosis?

Wojtczak, Grzegorz; Janik, Paulina

doi:10.1007/s11356-016-6135-1

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“…The cyanobionts within Geosiphon bladders get water, carbon dioxide, and all inorganic nutrients except nitrogen from the fungal host. The fungus may also offer protection against heavy metals and other abiotic stress factors (Scheloske et al 2001;Wojtczak and Janik 2016).…”

Section: Geosiphon Pyriformis-nostoc Symbiosismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such symbioses could be seen as "evolutionary precursors" to more modern types of AM symbioses (Schüßler and Walker 2011;Selosse et al 2015;Wojtczak and Janik 2016). It is noteworthy that a symbiotic cyanobacterium has been identified from the cortex of Aglaophyton major, one of the earliest early land plants in the Devonian (Taylor and Krings 2005).…”

Section: Early Evolution Of Terrestrial Symbiotic Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Cyanobacteria in Terrestrial Symbiotic Systems

Rikkinen

2017

Modern Topics in the Phototrophic Prokaryotes

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Filamentous cyanobacteria are important primary producers and N 2 fixers in many terrestrial environments. As reduced nitrogen is often limiting, some thalloid liverworts (Marchantiophyta), hornworts (Anthocerophyta), the water fern Azolla (Salviniales), cycads (Cycadophyta), and the angiosperm Gunnera (Gunnerales) have evolved the ability to establish stable and structurally welldefined symbioses with N 2 -fixing cyanobacteria. Also a wide diversity of lichenforming fungi have cyanobacteria as photosynthetic symbionts or as N 2 -fixing symbionts. Cyanolichen symbioses have evolved independently in different fungal lineages, and evolution has often resulted in convergent morphologies in distantly related groups. DNA techniques have provided a wealth of new information on the diversity of symbiotic cyanobacteria and their hosts. The fact that many plants and fungi engage in many different symbioses simultaneously underlines the probable significance of diffuse evolutionary relationships between different symbiotic systems, including cyanobacterial and mycorrhizal associations. This review introduces the reader to recent research on symbiotic cyanobacteria in terrestrial ecosystems and shortly describes the astonishing range of diversity in these ecologically important associations.

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Section: Geosiphon Pyriformis-nostoc Symbiosismentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Early Evolution Of Terrestrial Symbiotic Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cyanobacteria in Terrestrial Symbiotic Systems

Rikkinen

2017

Modern Topics in the Phototrophic Prokaryotes

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“…The Geosiphon pyriformis-Nostoc endosymbiosis may represent one living example of early symbioses between glomeromycetes, cyanobacteria, and bryophytes (Schüßler and Walker 2011;Schüßler 2012). Such symbioses could be seen as "evolutionary precursors" to more modern types of AM symbioses (Schüßler and Walker 2011;Selosse et al 2015;Wojtczak and Janik 2016). It is noteworthy that a symbiotic cyanobacterium has been identified from the cortex of Aglaophyton major, one of the earliest early land plants in the Devonian (Taylor and Krings 2005).…”

Section: Early Evolution Of Terrestrial Symbiotic Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modern Topics in the Phototrophic Prokaryotes

Hallenbeck¹

2017

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Filamentous cyanobacteria are important primary producers and N2 fixers in many terrestrial environments. As reduced nitrogen is often limiting, some thalloid liverworts (Marchantiophyta), hornworts (Anthocerophyta), the water fern Azolla (Salviniales), cycads (Cycadophyta), and the angiosperm Gunnera (Gunnerales) have evolved the ability to establish stable and structurally well-defined symbioses with N2-fixing cyanobacteria. Also a wide diversity of lichen-forming fungi have cyanobacteria as photosynthetic symbionts or as N2-fixing symbionts. Cyanolichen symbioses have evolved independently in different fungal lineages, and evolution has often resulted in convergent morphologies in distantly related groups. DNA techniques have provided a wealth of new information on the diversity of symbiotic cyanobacteria and their hosts. The fact that many plants and fungi engage in many different symbioses simultaneously underlines the probable significance of diffuse evolutionary relationships between different symbiotic systems, including cyanobacterial and mycorrhizal associations. This review introduces the reader to recent research on symbiotic cyanobacteria in terrestrial ecosystems and shortly describes the astonishing range of diversity in these ecologically important associations.

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Phytoremediation with Geosiphon-like symbiosis?

Cited by 2 publications

References 15 publications

Cyanobacteria in Terrestrial Symbiotic Systems

Cyanobacteria in Terrestrial Symbiotic Systems

Modern Topics in the Phototrophic Prokaryotes

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