January, 2024

By: César Marín, Nancy Collins Johnson, & Gu Feng

This month in What we are reading, César Marín (Professor, Universidad Santo Tomás, Chile) and Nancy Collins Johnson (Professor, Northern Arizona University), interview Prof. Gu Feng (China Agricultural University), about his team recent work on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) hyphospheres, specifically about two of his recent New Phytologist publications:

“A core microbiome in the hyphosphere of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi has functional significance in organic phosphorus mineralization“
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18642

“Concepts and consequences of the hyphosphere core microbiome for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal fitness and function“
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19396

Link to the video: https://youtu.be/seZW8lAUqtA?si=2WaUK0H_DQZM2OF0

If you have any questions for Gu, please leave a comment or write to her directly!

We welcome your input and feedback, and any constructive contributions you wish to make. If you would like to share one of your recent publications, please contact us and we will schedule a short interview.