It has been reported (Gunter, 1954) that Mg++ prolongs the viability of various microorganisms suspended in potassium phosphate buffer, and that celLs of Azotobacter are singularly affected by MgSO4. It was previously observed (Goucher and Kocholaty, 1954) that MgSO4 is required for the oxidation of several organic compounds by whole cells of Azotobacter agile. Data presented in this communicat...

introduction in recent years, by increasing human knowledge and using different technology on food production, human concerns have increased on safety of food products especially medicinal crops. in order to achieve healthy food production, application of ecological inputs such as organic and biological fertilizers are inevitable. organic fertilizers are fertilizer compounds that contain one or...

two ectomycorrhizal fungi, Pisolithus tinctorius (Pers.) Coker and Couch and Paxillus involutus (Batsch) Fr., was studied in vitro. Spermidine was the main polyamine in the mycelium of both fungi. Paxillus involutus also produced large amounts of the diamine putrescine, whereas Pisolithus tinctorius contained traces of the diamine cadaverine and released into the culture medium an unknown compo...

Legumes form tripartite symbiotic associations with noduleinducing rhizobia and vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Co-inoculation of soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) roots with Bradyrhizobium japonicum 61-A-101 considerably enhanced colonization by the mycorrhizal fungus Glomus mosseae. A similar stimulatory effect on mycorrhizal colonization was also observed in nonnodulating soybean muta...

The rare earth elements (REE) are increasingly important in a variety of science and economic fields, including (bio)geosciences, paleoecology, astrobiology, and mining. However, REE distribution in early rock-microbe-plant systems has remained elusive. We tested the hypothesis that REE mass-partitioning during incipient weathering of basalt, rhyolite, granite and schist depends on the activity...

a Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA b Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA c Department of Neurology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA d Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA e Banner Positron Emission Tomography Center, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA f Banner Alzheimer's Institu...

Interactions between an isolate of dark septate endophytes (DSE) and roots of Dendrobium nobile Lindl. seedlings are reported in this paper. The isolate was obtained from orchid mycorrhizas on Dendrobium sp. in subtropical forest. The fungus formed typical orchid mycorrhiza in aseptic co-culture with D. nobile seedlings on modified Murashige-Skoog (MMS) medium. Anatomic observations of the infe...

The response of plants to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi involves a temporal and spatial activation of different defence mechanisms. The activation and regulation of these defences have been proposed to play a role in the maintenance of the mutualistic status of the association, however, how these defences affect the functioning and development of arbuscular mycorrhiza remains unclear. A number o...

Isolation of more than 200 strains of endophytic fungi from the roots of several host plants belonging to order Ericales (Vaccinium, Calluna, Rhododendron, Empetrum, etc.) was followed by a successful attempt to verify ericoid mycorrhiza status of some of these fungal isolates under axenic conditions. In two screening experiments, the most efficient ericoid mycorrhiza fungal strains were found ...