Summary
Martin works on the ecology and evolution of mycorrhizas, one of the dominant symbioses of terrestrial ecosystems. The systems that he has studied include arbuscular, ectomycorrhizal, monotropoid and orchid mycorrhizas, and the mycorrhiza-like associations of bryophytes. He is an Honorary Research Associate at he Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Research Interests
Following his ground-breaking research on the evolutionary ecology of the diverse plants that cheat mycorrhizal mutualisms, his team has investigated: 1) the mycorrhizal ecology of heathlands first revealing the mechanisms of tree invasions and then uncovering nutritional links among vascular plants, fungi and non-vascular plants, 2) the environmental drivers of forest mycorrhizas at large scales, revealing the impacts of nitrogen pollution across European forests in collaboration with ICP Forests, and 3) the ecology and evolution of their newly discovered, yet ancient and globally-widespread, symbioses between lineages of plants and fungi.
If you are interested in applying for a studentship or fellowship in these or related areas of research, please contact Martin.
Academic History:
Ph.D. 2001, University of California at Berkeley
B.S. 1996, University of Alaska at Fairbanks
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Suz LM, Bidartondo MI, van der Linde S, et al.Suz LM, Bidartondo MI, van der Linde S, Kuyper TW close, 2021, Ectomycorrhizas and tipping points in forest ecosystems, New Phytologist, Vol:231, ISSN:0028-646X, Pages:1700-1707
Rimington WR, Pressel S, Duckett JG, et al.Rimington WR, Pressel S, Duckett JG, Field KJ, Bidartondo M close, 2019, Evolution and networks in ancient and widespread symbioses between Mucoromycotina and liverworts, Mycorrhiza, Vol:29, ISSN:0940-6360, Pages:551-565
Bidartondo MI, Rimington W, Pressel S, et al.Bidartondo MI, Rimington W, Pressel S, Duckett J, Field KJ, Read DJ close, 2018, Ancient plants with ancient fungi: liverworts associate with early-diverging arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character. Royal Society (great Britain), Vol:285, ISSN:0950-1193
van der Linde S, Suz LM, Orme CDL, et al.van der Linde S, Suz LM, Orme CDL, Cox F, Andreae H, Asi E, Atkinson B, Benham S, Carroll C, Cools N, De Vos B, Dietrich H-P, Eichhorn J, Gehrmann J, Grebenc T, Gweon HS, Hansen K, Jacob F, Kristöfel F, Lech P, Manninger M, Martin J, Meesenburg H, Merilä P, Nicolas M, Pavlenda P, Rautio P, Schaub M, Schröck H-W, Seidling W, Šrámek V, Thimonier A, Thomsen IM, Titeux H, Vanguelova E, Verstraeten A, Vesterdal L, Waldner P, Wijk S, Zhang Y, Žlindra D, Bidartondo MI close, 2018, Environment and host as large-scale controls of ectomycorrhizal fungi, Nature, Vol:558, ISSN:0028-0836, Pages:243-248
Hoysted GA, Kowal J, Jacob A, et al.Hoysted GA, Kowal J, Jacob A, Rimington WR, Duckett JG, Pressel S, Orchard S, Ryan MH, Field KJ, Bidartondo MI close, 2017, A mycorrhizal revolution., Current Opinion in Plant Biology, Vol:44, ISSN:1369-5266, Pages:1-6
Merckx VSFT, Gomes SIF, Wapstra M, et al.Merckx VSFT, Gomes SIF, Wapstra M, Hunt C, Steenbeecke G, Mennes CB, Walsh N, Smissen R, Hsieh TH, Smets EF, Bidartondo MI close, 2017, The biogeographical history of the interaction between mycoheterotrophic Thismia (Thismiaceae) plants and mycorrhizal Rhizophagus (Glomeraceae) fungi, Journal of Biogeography, Vol:44, ISSN:1365-2699, Pages:1869-1879
Kowal J, Pressel S, Duckett JG, et al.Kowal J, Pressel S, Duckett JG, Bidartondo MI close, 2015, Liverworts to the rescue: an investigation of their efficacy as mycorrhizal inoculum for vascular plants, Functional Ecology, Vol:30, ISSN:1365-2435, Pages:1014-1023
Field KJ, Pressel S, Duckett JG, et al.Field KJ, Pressel S, Duckett JG, Rimington WR, Bidartondo MI close, 2015, Symbiotic options for the conquest of land, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Vol:30, ISSN:0169-5347, Pages:477-486
Suz LM, Barsoum N, Benham S, et al.Suz LM, Barsoum N, Benham S, Cheffings C, Cox F, Hackett L, Jones AG, Mueller GM, Orme D, Seidling W, Van der Linde S, Bidartondo MI close, 2015, Monitoring ectomycorrhizal fungi at large scales for science, forest management, fungal conservation and environmental policy, Annals of Forest Science, Vol:72, ISSN:1286-4560, Pages:877-885
Suz LM, Barsoum N, Benham S, et al.Suz LM, Barsoum N, Benham S, Dietrich HP, Fetzer KD, Fischer R, García P, Gehrman J, Kristöfel F, Manninger M, Neagu S, Nicolas M, Oldenburger J, Raspe S, Sánchez G, Schröck HW, Schubert A, Verheyen K, Verstraeten A, Bidartondo MI close, 2014, Environmental drivers of ectomycorrhizal communities in Europe's temperate oak forests, Molecular Ecology, Vol:23, ISSN:1365-294X, Pages:5628-5644
Bidartondo MI, Read DJ, Trappe JM, et al.Bidartondo MI, Read DJ, Trappe JM, Merckx V, Ligrone R, Duckett JG close, 2011, The dawn of symbiosis between plants and fungi., Biology Letters, ISSN:1744-957X
Cox F, Barsoum N, Lilleskov EA, et al.Cox F, Barsoum N, Lilleskov EA, Bidartondo MI close, 2010, Nitrogen availability is a primary determinant of conifer mycorrhizas across complex environmental gradients., Ecology Letters, Vol:13, ISSN:1461-0248, Pages:1103-1113
Bidartondo MI, Bruns TD, Blackwell M, et al.Bidartondo MI, Bruns TD, Blackwell M, Edwards I, AFS T, Horton T, Zhang N, Koljalg U, May G, Kuyper TW, Bever JD, Gilbert G, Taylor JW, DeSantis TZ, Pringle A, Borneman J, Thorn G, Berbee M, Mueller GM, Andersen GL, Vellinga EC, Branco S, Anderson I, Dickie IA, Avis P, Timonen S, Kjoller R, Lodge DJ, Bateman RM, Purvis A, Crous PW, Hawkes C, Barraclough T, Burt A, Nilsson RH, Larsson KH, Alexander I, Moncalvo JM, Berube J, Spatafora J, Lumbsch HT, Blair JE, Suh SO, Pfister DH, Binder M, Boehm EW, Kohn L, Mata JL, Dyer P, Sung GH, Dentinger B, Simmons EG, Baird RE, Volk TJ, Perry BA, Kerrigan RW, Campbell J, Rajesh J, Reynolds DR, Geiser D, Humber RA, Hausmann N, Szaro T, Stajich J, Gathman A, Peay KG, Henkel T, Robinson CH, Pukkila PJ, Nguyen NH, Villalta C, Kennedy P, Bergemann S, Aime MC, Kauff F, Porras-Alfaro A, Gueidan C, Beck A, Andersen B, Marek S, Crouch JA, Kerrigan J, Ristaino JB, Hodge KT, Kuldau G, Samuels GJ, Raja HA, Voglmayr H, Gardes M, Janos DP, Rogers JD, Cannon P, Woolfolk SW, Kistler HC, Castellano MA, Maldonado-Ramirez SL, Kirk PM, Farrar JJ, Osmundson T, Currah RS, Vujanovic V, Chen WD, Korf RP, Atallah ZK, Harrison KJ, Guarro J, Bates ST, Bonello P, Bridge P, Schell W, Rossi W, Stenlid J, Frisvad JC, Miller RM, Baker SE, Hallen HE, Janso JE, Wilson AW, Conway KE, Egerton-Warburton L, Wang Z, Eastburn D, WWH H, Kroken S, Stadler M, Turgeon G, Lichtwardt RW, Stewart EL, Wedin M, DW L, Uchida JY, Jumpponen A, Deckert RJ, Beker HJ, Rogers SO, JAP X, Johnston P, Shoemaker RA, Liu MA, Marques G, Summerell B, Sokolski S, Thrane U, Widden P, Bruhn JN, Bianchinotti V, Tuthill D, Baroni TJ, Barron G, Hosaka K, Jewell K, Piepenbring M, Sullivan R, Griffith GW, Bradley SG, Aoki T, Yoder WT, YM J, Berch SM, Trappe M, Duan WJ, Bonito G, Taber RA, Coelho G, Bills G, Ganley A, Agerer R, Nagy L, Roy BA, Laessoe T, Hallenberg N, Tichy HV, Stalpers J, Langer E, Scholler M, Krueger D, Pacioni G, Poder R, Pennanen T, Capelari M, Nakasone K, Tewari JP, Miller AN, Decock C, Huhndorf S, Wach M, Vishniac HS, Yohalem DS, Smith ME, Glenn AE, Spiering M, Lindner DL, Schoch C, Redhead SA, Ivors K, Jeffers SN, Geml J, Okafor F, Spiegel FW, Dewsbury D, Carroll J, Porter TM, Pashley C, Carpenter SE, Abad G, Voigt K, Arenz B, Methven AS, Schechter S, Vance P, Mahoney D, Kang SC, Rheeder JP, Mehl J, Greif M, Ngala GN, Ammirati J, Kawasaki M, Gwo-Fang YA, Matsumoto T, Smith D, Koenig G, Luoma D, May T, Leonardi M, Sigler L, Taylor DL, Gibson C, Sharpton T, Hawksworth DL, Dianese JC, Trudell SA, Paulus B, Padamsee M, Callac P, Lima N, White M, Barreau C, Juncai MA, Buyck B, Rabeler RK, Liles MR, Estes D, Carter R, Herr JM, Chandler G, Kerekes J, Cruse-Sanders J, Marquez RG, Horak E, Fitzsimons M, Doring H, Yao S, Hynson N, Ryberg M, Arnold AE, Hughes K close, 2008, Preserving accuracy in GenBank, Science, Vol:319, ISSN:0036-8075, Pages:1616-1616
Bidartondo MI, 2005, The evolutionary ecology of myco-heterotrophy., New Phytologist, Vol:167, ISSN:0028-646X, Pages:335-352
Bidartondo MI, Burghardt B, Gebauer G, et al.Bidartondo MI, Burghardt B, Gebauer G, Bruns TD, Read DJ close, 2004, Changing partners in the dark: isotopic and molecular evidence of ectomycorrhizal liaisons between forest orchids and trees., Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Vol:271, ISSN:0962-8452, Pages:1799-1806
Bidartondo MI, Redecker D, Hijri I, et al.Bidartondo MI, Redecker D, Hijri I, Wiemken A, Bruns TD, Dominguez L, Sersic A, Leake JR, Read DJ close, 2002, Epiparasitic plants specialized on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Nature, Vol:419, ISSN:0028-0836, Pages:389-392
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