Exploring the mycobiome and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with the rizosphere of the genus in the pristine Ecuadorian Amazon.

This study explored the composition of the mycobiome in the rhizosphere of seedlings in two different but neighboring forest ecosystems in the undisturbed tropical Amazon rainforest at the Tiputini Biodiversity Station in Ecuador. In terra firme plots, which were situated higher up and therefore typically outside of the influence of river floods, and in várzea plots, the lower part of the forest located near the riverbanks and therefore seasonally flooded, tree seedlings of the genus were randomly collected and measured, and the rhizosphere soils surrounding the root systems was collected. Members of the Fabaceae family and the genus were highly abundant in both forest ecosystems.