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Fungi, Hidden in Soil or Up in the Air: Light Makes a Difference

Rodriguez-Romero, Julio, Hedtke, Maren, Kastner, Christian, Müller, Sylvia, Fischer, Reinhard·2010·Annual Review of Microbiology

Abstract

Light is one of the most important environmental factors for orientation of almost all organisms on Earth. Whereas light sensing is of crucial importance in plants to optimize light-dependent energy conservation, in nonphotosynthetic organisms, the synchronization of biological clocks to the length of a day is an important function. Filamentous fungi may use the light signal as an indicator for the exposure of hyphae to air and adapt their physiology to this situation or induce morphogenetic pathways. Although a yes/no decision appears to be sufficient for the light-sensing function in fungi, most species apply a number of different, wavelength-specific receptors. The core of all receptor types is a chromophore, a low-molecular-weight organic molecule, such as flavin, retinal, or linear tetrapyrrols for blue-, green-, or red-light sensing, respectively. Whereas the blue-light response in fungi is one of the best-studied light responses, all other light-sensing mechanisms are less well studied or largely unknown. The discovery of phytochrome in bacteria and fungi in recent years not only advanced the scientific field significantly, but also had great impact on our view of the evolution of phytochrome-like photoreceptors.

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Authors
Rodriguez-Romero, J., Hedtke, M., Kastner, C., Müller, S., & Fischer, R.
Venue
Annual Review of Microbiology
Published
2010-10-13
Volume
64
Issue
1
Pages
585-610
ISSN
  • 0066-4227 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-3251
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W2129824725
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255
References
120
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1.32
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journal article
Language
en
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Rodriguez-Romero, J., Hedtke, M., Kastner, C., Müller, S., & Fischer, R. (2010). Fungi, Hidden in Soil or Up in the Air: Light Makes a Difference. Annual Review of Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.micro.112408.134000

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