The use of stable-isotope probing (SIP) allows tracing specific labeled substrates into fungi leading to a better understanding of their role in biogeochemical cycles and their relationship with their environment. Stable isotope probing combined with ribosomal RNA molecule, conserved in the three kingdoms of life, and messenger RNA analysis permits the linkage of diversity and function. Here, we describe two methods designed to investigate the interactions between plants and their associated mycorrhizal compartment by tracing carbon flux from the host plant to its symbionts.
Keywords: Carbon thirteen; Carbon transfer; Fungal plant symbiont; RNA; Stable-isotope probing (SIP); qRT-PCR.
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