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Anastomosis behavior differs between asymbiotic and symbiotic hyphae of Rhizophagus clarus.
Mycologia - 1 Jan 2000
Purin Sonia, Morton Joseph B
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The life history of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF, Glomeromycota) consists of a short asymbiotic phase when spores germinate and a longer symbiotic phase where hyphae form a network within roots and subsequently in the rhizosphere. Hyphal anastomosis contributes to colony formation, yet this process has been studied mostly in the asymbiotic phase rather than in mycorrhizal plants because of methodological...
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