Claim · #6494513
ericoid mycorrhizal fungus · mutualism · Woolsia pungens
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“ERM isolates from roots of the epacrid Woolsia pungens... readily able to use DNA and inositol hexaphosphate as P sources”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.J.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“ERM fungi on epacrid hosts (Woolsia pungens is an Ericaceae/Epacridaceae shrub) hydrolyzing organic P sources like IHP and DNA is well-documented in ericoid mycorrhizal literature; source quote directly supports the mechanism.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“ERM fungi are well-documented to mineralise organic P (including DNA and phytate/IHP); the source quote directly supports the structured fields for an Australian epacrid host.”
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