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dc.contributor.authorBehie, Scott W.
dc.contributor.authorMoreria, Camila C.
dc.contributor.authorSementchoukova, Irina
dc.contributor.authorBarelli, Larissa
dc.contributor.authorZelisko, Paul M.
dc.contributor.authorBidochka, Michael J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-27T21:02:18Z
dc.date.available2017-01-27T21:02:18Z
dc.date.issued2017-12-18
dc.identifier.issn2041-1723
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/10955
dc.description.abstractMetarhizium robertsii is a common soil fungus that occupies a specialized ecological niche as an endophyte and an insect pathogen. Previously, we showed that the endophytic capability and insect pathogenicity of Metarhizium are coupled to provide an active method of insect-derived nitrogen transfer to a host plant via fungal mycelia. We speculated that in exchange for this insect-derived nitrogen, the plant would provide photosynthate to the fungus. By using 13 CO 2 , we show the incorporation of 13 C into photosynthate and the subsequent translocation of 13 C into fungal-specific carbohydrates (trehalose and chitin) in the root/endophyte complex. We determined the amount of 13 C present in root-associated fungal biomass over a 21-day period by extracting fungal carbohydrates and analysing their composition using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. These findings are evidence that the host plant is providing photosynthate to the fungus, likely in exchange for insect-derived nitrogen in a tripartite, and symbiotic, interaction.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherNature Publishing Groupen_US
dc.titleCarbon translocation from a plant to an insect-pathogenic endophytic fungusen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/ncomms14245
refterms.dateFOA2021-08-05T01:26:26Z


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