Record ID No. |
5895 |
Author(s) |
Kehri H. K.*, Akhtar O., Zoomi I. and Pandey D. , 2018 |
Affiliation |
*Sadasivan Mycopathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad – 211002. |
Title |
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Taxonomy and its systematics. |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
International Journal of Life Sciences Research. 6(4): 58-71. |
Categories |
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Subjects |
Reviews Systematics |
Sub-subjects |
Molecular taxonomy Morphological taxonomy |
Host |
NA |
Organism |
NA |
Country |
India |
Abstracts |
In this comprehensive review authors gave emphasis on the complexity of the taxonomy and systematics of AM fungi which are obligate in nature and form a mutually symbiotic association with the roots of higher plants since the evolution land pants. It is discussed in detail how initially the
dentification and classification of AM fungi was based on solid morphological characters and resulted in profuse description of new species. It is also discussed how the recent advancement in the field of molecular tools and techniques has revolutionized the taxonomy and systematics and as a result many robust classification of AM fungi has come. At the end it is also discussed that how the new classifications are based on morphological and ontogenic characters of AM fungal spores as well as
consensus nucleotide sequences (SSU, ITS, LSU, β-tubulin and nrDNA). |