Perkembangan Penelitian Mikoriza di Papua**

The mycorrhizas are ‘balanced’ mutualistic associations in which the fungus and plant exchange commodities required for their growth and survival. The are many type of mycorrhizal namely endomycorrhiza, ectomycorrhiza, Orchid-mycorrhiza, ericoid mycorrhiza, and ectendo mycorrhiza. Most research is in endo and ectomycorrhiza, due to their role in Papua. Research in mycorrhiza has also been done recently. The research started in 2005 with ectomycorrhiza studies conducted by Suharno & Sufaati. Study on endomycorrhiza were begin in 2006 and orchid mycorrhiza in 2007. Exploration study of endomycorrhiza in corn plant at Koya Barat showed that there were 7 species of VAM namely Glomus sp1., Glomus sp2., Glomus sp3., Gigaspora sp., Acaulospora., Scutellospora sp1., and Scutellospora sp2. Similar research have also been done on other agriculture comodity, and the weed as well. Study on the endomycorrhiza associated with matoa (Pometia pinnata) found 13 species. Furtheremore, preliminary research on ectomycorrhiza showed that at least four species have been found at Mount Cycloops Nature Reserve, Jayapura. In Papua, there were 18 strain isolate of Scleroderma have been collected and 4 species were already identified. For orchid-mycorrhiza there were only 17 species has been found so far. Among them there species were identified: Rhizoctonia sp., Tulasnella sp., dan Ceratorhiza sp. The potency of mycorrhiza in Papua is high and need to be explored. Some isolate were already tested to variety of the growth of plant. The result showed that the isolate affected significantly. More exploration, compatibility test, and the role of mycorrhiza will be continued to study. The goals of all the study here was to find a good quality of isolate that can be used as a propagule to produce biofertilizer.Key words: endomycorrhiza, ectomycorrhiza, orchid-mycorrhiza, biofertilizer, Papua.

The hydrophobin-like OmSSP1 may be an effector in the ericoid mycorrhizal symbiosis

Mutualistic and pathogenic plant-colonizing fungi use effector molecules to manipulate the host cell metabolism to allow plant tissue invasion. Some small secreted proteins (SSPs) have been identified as fungal effectors in both ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, but it is currently unknown whether SSPs also play a role as effectors in other mycorrhizal associations. Ericoid mycorrhiza is a specific endomycorrhizal type that involves symbiotic fungi mostly belonging to the Leotiomycetes (Ascomycetes) and plants in the family Ericaceae. Genomic and RNASeq data from the ericoid mycorrhizal fungus Oidiodendron maius led to the identification of several symbiosis-upregulated genes encoding putative SSPs. OmSSP1, the most highly symbiosis up-regulated SSP, was found to share some features with fungal hydrophobins, even though it lacks the Pfam hydrophobin domain. Sequence alignment with other hydrophobins and hydrophobin-like fungal proteins placed OmSSP1 within Class I hydrophobins. However, the predicted features of OmSSP1 may suggest a distinct type of hydrophobin-like proteins. The presence of a predicted signal peptide and a yeast-based signal sequence trap assay demonstrate that OmSSP1 is secreted during symbiosis. OmSSP1 null-mutants showed a reduced capacity to form ericoid mycorrhiza with Vaccinium myrtillus roots, suggesting a role as effectors in the ericoid mycorrhizal interaction.