Search Results - "BRUNS, T. D."

Chamber bioaerosol study: human emissions of size-resolved fluorescent biological aerosol particles by Bhangar, S., Adams, R. I., Pasut, W., Huffman, J. A., Arens, E. A., Taylor, J. W., Bruns, T. D., Nazaroff, W. W.

“…Humans are a prominent source of airborne biological particles in occupied indoor spaces, but few studies have quantified human bioaerosol emissions. The…”
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Metatranscriptomic analysis of ectomycorrhizal roots reveals genes associated with Piloderma-Pinus symbiosis: improved methodologies for assessing gene expression in situ by Liao, H.-L., Chen, Y., Bruns, T. D., Peay, K. G., Taylor, J. W., Branco, S., Talbot, J. M., Vilgalys, R.

“…Summary Ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi form symbiotic associations with plant roots that regulate nutrient exchange between forest plants and soil. Environmental…”
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There is high potential for the formation of common mycorrhizal networks between understorey and canopy trees in a mixed evergreen forest by Kennedy, P.G, Izzo, A.D, Bruns, T.D

“…1. The patterns of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) host specificity between understorey and canopy trees were investigated in three mixed evergreen forest stands in…”
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Community structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a Pinus muricata forest: minimal overlap between the mature forest and resistant propagule communities by Taylor, D.L, Bruns, T.D

“…We have investigated colonization strategies by comparing the abundance and frequency of ectomycorrhizal fungal species on roots in a mature Pinus muricata…”
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Mycorrhizal colonization of Pinus muricata from resistant propagules after a stand-replacing wildfire by BAAR, J., HORTON, T. R., KRETZER, A. M., BRUNS, T. D.

“…Colonization of mycorrhizal fungi was studied in a Pinus muricata forest on the coast in California, USA, burned by a stand-replacing wildfire in October 1995…”
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Fine-level mycorrhizal specificity in the Monotropoideae (Ericaceae): specificity for fungal species groups by Bidartondo, M. I., Bruns, T. D.

“…The Monotropoideae (Ericaceae) are nonphotosynthetic angiosperms that obtain fixed carbon from basidiomycete ectomycorrhizal fungi. In previous work, we showed…”
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On the origins of extreme mycorrhizal specificity in the Monotropoideae (Ericaceae): performance trade-offs during seed germination and seedling development by Bidartondo, M.I, Bruns, T.D

“…Fungal‐induced seed germination is a phenomenon characteristic of mycorrhizal plants that produce dust‐like seeds with only minimal nutritional reserves. In…”
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Extreme specificity in epiparasitic Monotropoideae (Ericaceae): widespread phylogenetic and geographical structure by Bidartondo, M. I., Bruns, T. D.

“…The Monotropoideae (Ericaceae) are nonphotosynthetic plants that obtain fixed carbon from their fungal mycorrhizal associates. To infer the evolutionary…”
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ITS primers with enhanced specificity for basidiomycetes--application to the identification of mycorrhizae and rusts by Gardes, M, Bruns, T D

“…We have designed two taxon-selective primers for the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region in the nuclear ribosomal repeat unit. These primers, ITS1-F and…”
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effect of different pine hosts on the sampling of Rhizopogon spore banks in five Eastern Sierra Nevada forests by Rusca, T. A., Kennedy, P. G., Bruns, T. D.

“…• Our primary goal was to determine whether detection of Rhizopogon internal transcribed spacer (ITS) groups is affected by the pine species used in seedling…”
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Edaphic sorting drives arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community assembly in a serpentine/non-serpentine mosaic landscape by Schechter, S. P, Bruns, T. D

“…Serpentine soil generates distinct plant assemblages, but it is not known how this edaphically extreme environment affects arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF)…”
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Host Specificity in Ectomycorrhizal Communities: What Do the Exceptions Tell Us? by Bruns, Thomas D., Bidartondo, Martin I., Taylor, D. Lee

“…Classic ectomycorrhizal symbioses are mutualisms that involve the exchange of fixed carbon for mineral nutrients between plant roots and fungi. They are unique…”
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A sequence database for the identification of ectomycorrhizal basidiomycetes by phylogenetic analysis by BRUNS, T. D., SZARO, T. M., GARDES, M., CULLINGS, K. W., PAN, J. J., TAYLOR, D. L., HORTON, T. R., KRETZER, A., GARBELOTTO, M., LI, Y.

“…We have assembled a sequence database for 80 genera of Basidiomycota from the Hymenomycete lineage for a small region of the mitochondrial large subunit rRNA…”
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Thoughts on the processes that maintain local species diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi by Bruns, Thomas D.

“…Ectomycorrhizal fungi exhibit high diversity even in small monoculture forests. Roughly 20 to 35 species typically occupy such sites. Explanations for this…”
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Below-Ground Ectomycorrhizal Community Structure in a Recently Burned Bishop Pine Forest by Grogan, P., Baar, J., Bruns, T. D.

“…1 The effects of wildfire ash on ectomycorrhizal (EM) associations were investigated by sampling bishop pine (Pinus muricata, D. Don) seedlings from control…”
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Fire effects on ecosystem nitrogen cycling in a Californian bishop pine forest by Grogan, P, Bruns, T.D, Chapin, F.S. III

“…Fire can cause severe nitrogen (N) losses from grassland, chaparral, and temperate and boreal forest ecosystems. Paradoxically, soil ammonium levels are…”
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Specific amplification of 18S fungal ribosomal genes from vesicular-arbuscular endomycorrhizal fungi colonizing roots by Simon, L. (Universite Laval, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada), Lalonde, M, Bruns, T.D

“…The first DNA sequences obtained from arbuscular endomycorrhizal fungi are reported. They were obtained by directly sequencing overlapping amplified fragments…”
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Serpentine and non-serpentine ecotypes of Collinsia sparsiflora associate with distinct arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal assemblages by SCHECHTER, S.P, BRUNS, T.D

“…Although plant adaptation to serpentine soils has been studied for several decades, the mechanisms of plant adaptation to edaphic extremes are still poorly…”
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Multiple-host fungi are the most frequent and abundant ectomycorrhizal types in a mixed stand of Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and bishop pine (Pinus muricata) by HORTON, THOMAS R., BRUNS, THOMAS D.

“…The ectomycorrhizal fungal associations of Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii D. Don) and bishop pine (Pinus muricata D. Don) were investigated in a mixed…”
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Genetic structure of a natural population of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Suillus pungens by BONELLO, PIERLUIGI, BRUNS, THOMAS D., GARDES, MONIQUE

“…Sequence-based markers were developed to study the genetic structure and reproductive biology of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Suillus pungens Thiers & Smith in a…”
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