Nachwuchsgruppenleiter

Der Projektbereich A wird durch eine Nachwuchsgruppe für Kultivierung und Diversität der Pilze verstärkt werden, die sich speziell der Entwicklung neuer Isolations- und Kultivierungsmethoden und der Erforschung der Diversität kultivierbarer Pilze widmet.

Unser Nachwuchsgruppenleiter für die Biodiversität und Kultivierung der Pilze, Herr Dr. Jose Gaspar Maciá Vicente, stellt im Folgenden seine Arbeitsgruppe und sein Forschungsprojekt im Rahmen des LOEWE-Schwerpunktes für Integrative Pilzforschung vor:

"Our research focuses on the biodiversity of fungi and on how they interact with other organisms to adapt to the environment. In particular, we study the symbioses occurring between non-mycorrhizal fungal endophytes and plant roots, interactions whose ecological significance is largely unknown in spite of their enormous diversity, prevalence and ubiquity. We use both observational and experimental approaches to discover and characterize plant-endophyte interactions with relevance in the functioning of ecosystems. Our aim is to better understand the evolutionary processes shaping the symbioses between fungi and plants, and to identify factors affecting their positioning in the mutualism-parasitism continuum. Besides their theoretical importance, these studies are intended to facilitate the conservation of microbial and plant genetic resources, and their integration in applied processes such as industry or sustainable agriculture."

                               Root cell of Leymus mollis colonized by a fungal endophyte  

                         Fungal endophytes isolated from roots of Microthlaspi perfoliatum

Short CVs

Jose G. Maciá-Vicente:

2013-present Junior Research Group Leader, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany

2010-2012 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, U.S. Geological Survey, Seattle, USA

2008-2010 Research assistant, University of Alicante, Spain

2003-2008 PhD Biology, University of Alicante, Spain

1998-2002 BSc Biology, University of Alicante, Spain

List of publications:

Maciá-Vicente JG, Ferraro V, Burruano S, Lopez-Llorca LV (2012) Fungal assemblages associated with roots of halophytic and non-halophytic plant species vary differentially along a salinity gradient. Microbial Ecology 64(3): 668–679.

Maciá-Vicente JG, Lopez-Llorca LV, Jansson HB (2011) Understanding biological importance of endophytism of nematophagous fungi. In: Pirttilä AM, Sorvari S (eds) Prospects and Applications for Plant-Associated Microbes. A Laboratory Manual, Part B: Fungi. Piikkiö: BioBien Innovations. pp 260–265.

Maciá-Vicente JG, Lopez-Llorca LV, Jansson HB (2011) Visualizing interactions of nematophagous fungi with barley roots using low-temperature SEM and histochemistry. In: Pirttilä AM, Sorvari S (eds) Prospects and Applications for Plant-Associated Microbes. A Laboratory Manual, Part B: Fungi. Piikkiö: BioBien Innovations. pp 131–134.

Maciá-Vicente JG, Palma-Guerrero J, Gómez-Vidal S, Lopez-Llorca LV (2011) New insights on the mode of action of fungal pathogens of invertebrates for improving their biocontrol performance. In: Yitzhak S, Davies K (eds) Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes: Building Coherence between Microbial Ecology and Molecular Mechanisms. Dordrecht: Springer. pp 203–225.

Maciá-Vicente JG, Rosso L, Ciancio A, Jansson HB, Lopez-Llorca LV (2009) Colonisation of barley roots by endophytic Fusarium equiseti and Pochonia chlamydosporia: Effects on plant growth and disease. Annals of Applied Biology 155: 391–401.

Maciá-Vicente JG, Jansson HB, Lopez-Llorca LV (2009) Assessing fungal root colonization for plant improvement. Plant Signaling and Behavior 4: 445–447.

Maciá-Vicente JG, Jansson HB, Talbot N, Lopez-Llorca LV (2009) Real-time PCR quantification and live cell imaging of endophytic colonisation of barley (Hordeum vulgare) roots by Fusarium equiseti and Pochonia chlamydosporia. New Phytologist 182: 213–228.

Lopez-Llorca LV, Maciá-Vicente JG (2009) Plant symbioses with fungal endophytes: Perspectives on conservation and sustainable exploitation of Mediterranean ecosystems. Mediterranea 20: 10–47.

Maciá-Vicente JG, Jansson HB, Mendgen K, Lopez-Llorca LV (2008) Colonization of barley roots by endophytic fungi and their reduction of take-all caused by Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 54: 600–609.

Maciá-Vicente JG, Jansson HB, Abdullah SK, Descals E, Salinas J, Lopez-Llorca LV (2008) Fungal root endophytes from natural vegetation in Mediterranean environments with special reference to Fusarium spp. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 64: 90–105.

Lopez-Llorca LV, Maciá-Vicente JG, Jansson HB (2007) Mode of action and interactions of nematophagous fungi. In: Ciancio A, Mukerji KG (eds) Integrated Management and Biocontrol of Vegetable and Grain Crops Nematodes. Dordrecht: Springer. pp 51–76.

Lopez-Llorca LV, Jansson HB, Maciá-Vicente JG, Salinas J (2006) Nematophagous Fungi as Root Endophytes. In: Schulz B, Boyle C, Sieber T (eds) Microbial Root Endophytes. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. pp 191–206.

Kyriaki Glynou:

2013-present PhD student, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany

2011-2012 MSc Environmental Management, University of Reading, UK

2006-2011 BSc Biology, University of Crete, Greece

Sevda Haghi Kia:

2013-present PhD student, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany

2010-2013 MSc Agricultural Science and Resource Management in the Tropics and Subtropics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn, Germany

2004-2008 BSc Science in Natural Resources Engineering, Urmia University, Iran

List of publications:

Haghi Kia S, Schulz M, Ayah E, Schouten A, Müllenborn C, Paetz C, Schneider B, Hofman D, Disko U, Tabaglio V, Marocco A (2014) Abutilon theophrasti’s defense against the allelochemical benzoxazolin-2(3H)-one: Support by Actinomucor elegans. Journal of Chemical Ecology 40: 1286–1298.

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