Table 1

Sequenced filamentous microorganisms with biotrophic stages that enable dual root interaction studies

Species

Organism

Interaction

Mainly used plant systems

Root invasion described

Host range

Intracellular interface

Axenic growth

Transform-able

Genome


Aphanomyces euteiches

Oomycota, saprolegniales

Pathogen

Medicago truncatula, Pisum sativum

Yes

Narrow

None

Yes

No

In progress


Colletotrichum trifolii

Fungi, Ascomycota

Pathogen

M. truncatula

No

Narrow

Specialized hyphae

Yes

Yes

Other species [42]


Glomus irregularis

Fungi, glomeromycota

Mutualist

M. truncatula, Lotus japonicus, Oryza sativa, P. sativum, Hordeum vulgare

Yes

Broad

Arbuscules

No

No

In progress


Laccaria bicolor

Fungi, basidiomycota

Mutualist

Populus trichocarpa

Yes

Broad

None

Yes

Yes

Yes [43]


Magnaporthe oryzae

Fungi, ascomycota

Pathogen

O. sativa

No

Narrow

Specialized hyphae

Yes

Yes

Yes [44]


Phytophthora palmivora

Oomycota, peronosporales

Pathogen

M. truncatula, Nicotinia benthamiana

Yes

Broad

Haustoria

Yes

Yes

In progress


Piriformospora indica

Fungi, basidiomycota

Mutualist

H. vulgare

Yes

Broad

Sporadic coils

Yes

Yes

Yes [45]


Verticillium sp.

Fungi, ascomycota

Pathogen

M. trunctatula

Yes

Broad

None

Yes

Yes

Yes [46]


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