Tracing the evolution of development among early diverging fungi

追踪早期分化真菌的发育进化

• 批准号: RGPIN-2016-03746
• 负责人: Berbee, Mary
• 金额: $ 4.66万
• 依托单位: University of British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=629105
• 关键词: Tracing; evolution; development; among; early

Fungi can cause plant diseases, serve as mycorrhizal partners, and decompose litter and woody debris, all because of the tubular hyphae (filaments of cells, surrounded by a cell wall) that make up their bodies. Hyphae poke and penetrate into substrates while secreting digestive enzymes across their complex cell walls. The enzymes digest organic compounds into simple, diffusible molecules, which fungi absorb to fuel their growth, making fungi the most important terrestrial eukaryotic saprotrophs. The proposed research is directed towards understanding how fungi evolved and adapted to interdependence with land plants.

真菌可以引起植物疾病，作为菌根伙伴，分解枯枝落叶和木质残体，这一切都是因为构成它们身体的管状菌丝（细胞丝，被细胞壁包围）。菌丝刺穿并渗透到基质中，同时分泌消化酶穿过其复杂的细胞壁。这些酶将有机化合物消化成简单的、可扩散的分子，真菌吸收这些分子来为其生长提供燃料，使真菌成为最重要的陆地真核腐养生物。拟议的研究旨在了解真菌如何进化和适应与陆地植物的相互依赖。