| Author | Pion, M., Spangenberg, J.E, Simon, A., Bindschedler, S., Flury, C., Chatelain, A., Bshary, R., Job, D. & Junier, P. |
| Year | 2013 |
| Title | Bacterial farming by the fungus Morchella crassipes |
| Type | Paper |
| Source | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Vol 111 (4): 1237-1244. |
| Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Morchella crassipes acts as a bacterial farmer of Pseudomonas putida (in vitro) including bacterial dispersal, bacterial rearing with fungal exudates, harvesting and translocation of bacterial carbon. This is a novel mode of fungal nutrition. |
| Website url | rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/280/1773/20132242.full |
| Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current | Pseudomonas putida | a bacterium | Pseudomonadales: Pseudomonadaceae | |
| Current | Morchella esculenta var crassipes | Thick-footed Morel | Fungi: Pezizales: Morchellaceae |
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