How special do you have to be to live in acidic soil?

Kawahara, Ai; An, Gi-Hong; Miyakawa, Sachie et al.

Environmental Science Journal for Teens, 2017, 2017(1)

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https://hdl.handle.net/2115/66986
タイトル
How special do you have to be to live in acidic soil?
著者
Kawahara, Ai ; An, Gi-Hong ; Miyakawa, Sachie ; Sonoda, Jun ; Ezawa, Tatsuhiro
著者名
Kawahara, Ai
著者名
An, Gi-Hong
著者名
Miyakawa, Sachie
著者名
Sonoda, Jun
e-Rad_Researcher
40273213
著者名
Ezawa, Tatsuhiro
言語
英語
キーワード
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)
Soil acidity
Specialists
Generalists
Adaptation
Extreme environments
Mutualism
発行日
2017-01
出版者
Science journal for kids
収録物名
Environmental Science Journal for Teens
巻(号)
2017(1)
抄録
While you are reading this, special alliances are being formed underground… invisible to the human eye. But they are crucial to plants, and help them conquer extreme environments such as acidic soil. We’re talking arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi who help plants improve their nutrient uptake. But how can these fungi themselves tolerate acidic soil? Are they "acidic soil specialists", who can thrive despite the acidity? We tested this hypothesis by collecting soil containing AM fungi along an acidity gradient in Japan. We also exposed fungi from two soils of different pH (acidic/ neutral) to changes in their soils' acidity levels in the lab, and observed their response. Surprisingly, we discovered that the fungi in the acidic soils also occurred in the less acidic and neutral soils, making them generalists! We believe that being generalists opens up many opportunities for AM fungi (and for their associated plants) to colonize new or quickly changing habitats.
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