Communications Biology (Jun 2021)

Volatile organic compound patterns predict fungal trophic mode and lifestyle

  • Yuan Guo,
  • Werner Jud,
  • Fabian Weikl,
  • Andrea Ghirardo,
  • Robert R. Junker,
  • Andrea Polle,
  • J. Philipp Benz,
  • Karin Pritsch,
  • Jörg-Peter Schnitzler,
  • Maaria Rosenkranz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02198-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Guo et al. characterize the volatilomes of 43 fungal species using an automated cuvette system and mass spectrometry. Their results show that VOC patterns can predict trophic modes, symbiotic lifestyle, substrate-use and host-type of fungi.