Independent roles of ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic communities in soil organic matter decomposition

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Functional guild classification predicts the enzymatic role of fungi in litter and soil biogeochemistry (2015, background): “This separation of extracellular enzyme activity is a widely observed pattern in soil systems (Sinsabaugh, 2010; Talbot et al., 2013), suggesting that these different groups of enzymes are controlled by different environmental factors.”
Chronic nitrogen additions fundamentally restructure the soil fungal community in a temperate forest (2016, methodology): “…especially the functions of uncultured fungi, the approach we adopt is demonstrated as useful for the interpretation of taxonomic data (for example see Parrent and Vilgalys, 2007; Talbot et al., 2013; Vo rí skov a et al., 2013; Stursov a et al., 2014; Talbot et al., 2014; Tedersoo et al., 2014).”
Mycorrhizas in changing ecosystems1,2 (2014, background): “Enzymes involved in organic nutrient use have also been shown to be elevated in dense mats of ectomycorrhiza in forest soils and positively correlated with ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity (Talbot et al. 2013).”
The decomposition of ectomycorrhizal fungal necromass (2016, background): “It is thought that EM fungi positioned higher in the profile rely more on recent aboveground litters containing more labile compounds, while EM fungi found deeper in the soil profile specialize on breaking downmore recalcitrant compounds (Lindahl et al., 2007; Talbot et al., 2013).”