Steve Ndikumana

TL;DR: The genome of Rhizophagus irregularis provides insight into genes involved in obligate biotrophy and mycorrhizal symbioses and the evolution of an ancient asexual organism, and is of fundamental importance to the field of genome evolution.

TL;DR: Overall, these findings indicate a substantial divergence in the functioning capacity of isolates harvested from the same field, and thus their genetic potential for adaptation to biotic and abiotic changes.

TL;DR: The high interspecific diversity of Glomeromycotina gene repertoires, affecting all known protein domains, as well as symbiosis-related orphan genes, may explain the known adaptation of Glomerales and Diversisporales to a wide range of environmental settings.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that AMF can generate genetic diversity via meiotic-like processes in the absence of observable mating, highlighting its potential for strain enhancement of these symbionts.

TL;DR: This work provides primary large-scale transcriptome data from eight poorly studied Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi species using ultra-low input ribonucleic acid (RNA)-seq approaches and demonstrates that RNA-seq data obtained from low-input RNA are reliable in comparison to conventionalRNA-seq experiments.