Prof. Dr. Mika Tarkka
Contact / Address
Prof. Dr. Mika Tarkka
Head of the department
(provisional)
Department of Soil Ecology
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Theodor-Lieser-Strasse 4 | D-06120 Halle/Saale
Germany
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+49 345 5585 221
+49 345 5585 449
mika.tarkka@ufz.de

Research interest
Plant beneficial micro-organisms
My scientific work is devoted to answering the question how soil microorganisms affect plant growth and stress resistance, and whether these interactions can be used to benefit plant health. In particular, my colleagues and I work with micro-organisms associated with pedunculate oak, and our models of biotic interactions include streptomycetes, fungal mutualists and pathogens. Our current work on ectomycorrhizal symbiosis assesses the physiology and molecular interactions from both the host plant’s and the symbiotic fungus’ point of view. While much of the current work focusses on genome regulation, my colleagues and I have also performed analyses on soil bacterial communities influencing plant and fungal resistance against parasites, and playing out in decomposition and nutrient mobilisation. My main motivation in this research field is to contribute to the assessment of the overall impact of microorganisms on plant health, and to assess the existing uses of microbes for improved plant production. Overall, I believe that combination of model systems with field work pave the way for a novel, more dynamic view on plant-microbe interactions.
Current position
since 2007
Senior Scientist in Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Department of Soil Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Curriculum Vitae
2001-2007
Research Associate at the University of Tübingen, Dept. of Physiological Ecology of Plants.
Projects: Modulation of fungal virulence and symbiosis with soil bacteria (with R. Hampp).
Horizontal gene transfer in ectomycorrhiza and Biological safety of transgenic poplars overproducing glutathione (with U. Nehls)
2001
Ph. D. thesis: Developmentally regulated proteins in Scots pine roots and ectomycorrhiza. Supervisor: Marjatta Raudaskoski
1995
M. Sc. Major subject plant physiology, minor subjects biochemistry and general chemistry.
Projects
- "Spatial and temporal analysis of maize root gene expression to elucidate how the maize interacts with the rhizosphere microbiome and the environment"
Web: GEPRIS
Subproject of SPP 2089: Rhizosphere Spatiotemporal Organisation - a Key to Rhizosphere Functions
Web: SPP 2089
PhD student: Henrike Würsig, 2022-2025
Co-Investigator: Prof. Anna Heintz-Buschart (University of Amsterdam, UVA)
- "A drought tolerant synthetic bacterial community for barley"
Web: GEPRIS
Subproject of SPP 2125: Deconstruction and Reconstruction of the Plant Microbiota "DECRyPT"
Web: SPP 2125
PhD student: Linda Rigerte, 2022-2025
Co-Investigators: Prof. Anna Heintz-Buschart (University of Amsterdam, UVA),
Dr. Thomas Reitz
- "GLIMPSE - Global change impacts on microbiota-plant-soil processes relevant for water and matter cycling in agricultural ecosystems"
Web: GLIMPSE
Platform: Global Change Experimental Facility (GCEF)
PhD student: nn, 2022-2025
Co-Investigators: Dr. Steffen Schlüter (PI, Dep. BOSYS),
Prof. Doris Vetterlein (Dep. BOSYS)
Research platforms
PhytOakmeter
The PhytOakmeter platform was created by planting pedunculate oak DF159 trees along a geographic gradient in Europe. It used to investigate the adaptation of the oak trees and the associated organisms to different climates, soils, and land use types.
Global Change Experimental Facility (GCEF)
The GCEF is a field experiment at the UFZ research station Bad Lauchstädt, used for the investigation of the impacts of climate change and land use scenarios on ecosystem processes.
Ganther, M., Lippold, E., Bienert, M.D., Bouffaud, M.-L., Bauer, M., Baumann, L., Bienert, G.P., Vetterlein, D., Heintz-Buschart, A., Tarkka, M.T. (2022) Plant Age and Soil Texture Rather Than the Presence of Root Hairs Cause Differences in Maize Resource Allocation and Root Gene Expression in the Field. Plants 11, 2883
Tarkka, M.T., Grams, T.E.E., Angay, O., Kurth, F., Maboreke, H.R., Mailänder, S., Bönn, M., Feldhahn, L., Fleischmann, F., Ruess, L., Schädler, M., Scheu, S., Schrey, S.D., Buscot, F., Herrmann, S. (2021) Ectomycorrhizal fungus supports endogenous rhythmic growth and corresponding resource allocation in oak during various below- and aboveground biotic interactions. Scientific Reports 11, 23680
Breitkreuz, C., Herzig, L., Buscot, F., Reitz, T., Tarkka, M. (2021) Interactions between soil properties, agricultural management and cultivar type drive structural and functional adaptations of the wheat rhizosphere microbiome to drought. Environmental Microbiology 23, 5866-5882
Complete lists of publications
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Articles in ISI listed journals (66)
- Aallam, Y., Dhiba, D., El Rasafi, T., Abbas, Y., Haddioui, A., Tarkka, M., Hamdali, H. (2023):
Assessment of two endemic rock phosphate solubilizing Streptomyces spp. on sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) growth under field conditions
Sci. Hortic. 316 , art. 112033
full text (doi) - Aallam, Y., Dhiba, D., El Rasafi, T., Lemriss, S., Haddioui, A., Tarkka, M., Hamdali, H. (2022):
Growth promotion and protection against root rot of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) by two rock phosphate and potassium solubilizing Streptomyces spp. under greenhouse conditions
Plant Soil 472 (1-2), 407 - 420
full text (doi) - Ebrahimi-Zarandi, M., Saberi Riseh, R., Tarkka, M.T. (2022):
Actinobacteria as effective biocontrol agents against plant pathogens, an overview on their role in eliciting plant defense
Microorganisms 10 (9), art. 1739
full text (doi) - Ganther, M., Lippold, E., Bienert, M.D., Bouffaud, M.-L., Bauer, M., Baumann, L., Bienert, G.P., Vetterlein, D., Heintz-Buschart, A., Tarkka, M.T. (2022):
Plant age and soil texture rather than the presence of root hairs cause differences in maize resource allocation and root gene expression in the field
Plants 11 (21), art. 2883
full text (doi) - Ganther, M., Vetterlein, D., Heintz-Buschart, A., Tarkka, M.T. (2022):
Transcriptome sequencing analysis of maize roots reveals the effects of substrate and root hair formation in a spatial context
Plant Soil 478 (1-2), 211 - 228
full text (doi) - Gebauer, L., Breitkreuz, C., Heintz-Buschart, A., Reitz, T., Buscot, F., Tarkka, M.T., Bouffaud, M.-L. (2022):
Water deficit history selects plant beneficial soil bacteria differently under conventional and organic farming
Front. Microbiol. 13 , art. 824437
full text (doi) - Jurburg, S.D., Buscot, F., Chatzinotas, A., Chaudhari, N.M., Clark, A.T., Garbowski, M., Grenié, M., Hom, E.F.Y., Karakoç, C., Marr, S., Neumann, S., Tarkka, M., van Dam, N.M., Weinhold, A., Heintz-Buschart, A. (2022):
The community ecology perspective of omics data
Microbiome 10 , art. 225
full text (doi) - Karimi, E., Aliasgharzad, N., Esfandiari, E., Hassanpouraghdam, M.B., Neu, T.R., Buscot, F., Reitz, T., Breitkreuz, C., Tarkka, M.T. (2022):
Biofilm forming rhizobacteria affect the physiological and biochemical responses of wheat to drought
AMB Express 12 , art. 93
full text (doi) - Vetterlein, D., Phalempin, M., Lippold, E., Schlüter, S., Schreiter, S., Ahmed, M.A., Carminati, A., Duddek, P., Jorda, H., Bienert, G.P., Bienert, M.D., Tarkka, M., Ganther, M., Oburger, E., Santangeli, M., Javaux, M., Vanderborght, J. (2022):
Root hairs matter at field scale for maize shoot growth and nutrient uptake, but root trait plasticity is primarily triggered by texture and drought
Plant Soil 478 (1-2), 119 - 141
full text (doi) - Yahya, M., Rasul, M., Sarwar, Y., Suleman, M., Tariq, M., Hussain, S.Z., Sajid, Z.I., Imran, A., Amin, I., Reitz, T., Tarkka, M.T., Yasmin, S. (2022):
Designing synergistic biostimulants formulation containing autochthonous phosphate solubilizing bacteria for sustainable wheat production
Front. Microbiol. 13 , art. 889073
full text (doi) - Yim, B., Ibrahim, Z., Krüger, L., Ganther, M., Maccario, L., Sørensen, S.J., Heintz-Buschart, A., Tarkka, M.T., Vetterlein, D., Bonkowski, M., Blagodatskaya, E., Smalla, K. (2022):
Soil texture is a stronger driver of the maize rhizosphere microbiome and extracellular enzyme activities than soil depth or the presence of root hairs
Plant Soil 478 (1-2), 229 - 251
full text (doi) - Aallam, Y., El Maliki, B., Dhiba, D., Lemriss, S., Souiri, A., Haddioui, A., Tarkka, M., Hamdali, H. (2021):
Multiple potential plant growth promotion activities of endemic Streptomyces spp. from Moroccan sugar beet fields with their inhibitory activities against Fusarium spp.
Microorganisms 9 (7), art. 1429
full text (doi) - Blagodatskaya, E., Tarkka, M., Knief, C., Koller, R., Peth, S., Schmidt, V., Spielvogel, S., Uteau, D., Weber, M., Razavi, B.S. (2021):
Bridging microbial functional traits with localized process rates at soil interfaces
Front. Microbiol. 12 , art. 625697
full text (doi) - Bonkowski, M., Tarkka, M., Razavi, B.S., Schmidt, H., Blagodatskaya, E., Koller, R., Yu, P., Knief, C., Hochholdinger, F., Vetterlein, D. (2021):
Spatiotemporal dynamics of maize (Zea mays L.) root growth and its potential consequences for the assembly of the rhizosphere microbiota
Front. Microbiol. 12 , art. 619499
full text (doi) - Breitkreuz, C., Heintz-Buschart, A., Buscot, F., Wahdan, S.F.M., Tarkka, M., Reitz, T. (2021):
Can we estimate functionality of soil microbial communities from structure-derived predictions? A reality test in agricultural soils
Microbiol. Spectr. 9 (1), e00278-21
full text (doi) - Breitkreuz, C., Herzig, L., Buscot, F., Reitz, T., Tarkka, M. (2021):
Interactions between soil properties, agricultural management and cultivar type drive structural and functional adaptations of the wheat rhizosphere microbiome to drought
Environ. Microbiol. 23 (10), 5866 - 5882
full text (doi) - Breitkreuz, C., Reitz, T., Schulz, E., Tarkka, M.T. (2021):
Drought and plant community composition affect the metabolic and genotypic diversity of Pseudomonas strains in grassland soils
Microorganisms 9 (8), art. 1677
full text (doi) - Gebauer, L., Bouffaud, M.-L., Ganther, M., Yim, B., Vetterlein, D., Smalla, K., Buscot, F., Heintz-Buschart, A., Tarkka, M. (2021):
Soil texture, sampling depth and root hairs shape the structure of ACC deaminase bacterial community composition in maize rhizosphere
Front. Microbiol. 12 , art. 616828
full text (doi) - Rasul, M., Yasmin, S., Yahya, A., Breitkreuz, C., Tarkka, M., Reitz, T. (2021):
The wheat growth-promoting traits of Ochrobactrum and Pantoea species, responsible for solubilization of different P sources, are ensured by genes encoding enzymes of multiple P-releasing pathways
Microbiol. Res. 246 , art. 126703
full text (doi) - Reuter, R., Ferlian, O., Tarkka, M., Eisenhauer, N., Pritsch, K., Simon, J. (2021):
Tree species rather than type of mycorrhizal association drive inorganic and organic nitrogen acquisition in tree-tree interactions
Tree Physiol. 41 (11), 2096 - 2108
full text (doi) - Tarkka, M.T., Bonkowski, M., Ge, T., Knief, C., Razavi, B.S., Vetterlein, D. (2021):
Editorial: Rhizosphere spatiotemporal organisation
Front. Plant Sci. 12 , art. 795136
full text (doi) - Tarkka, M.T., Grams, T.E.E., Angay, O., Kurth, F., Maboreke, H.R., Mailänder, S., Bönn, M., Feldhahn, L., Fleischmann, F., Ruess, L., Schädler, M., Scheu, S., Schrey, S.D., Buscot, F., Herrmann, S. (2021):
Ectomycorrhizal fungus supports endogenous rhythmic growth and corresponding resource allocation in oak during various below- and aboveground biotic interactions
Sci. Rep. 11 , art. 23680
full text (doi) - Vetterlein, D., Lippold, E., Schreiter, S., Phalempin, M., Fahrenkampf, T., Hochholdinger, F., Marcon, C., Tarkka, M.T., Oburger, E., Ahmed, M., Javaux, M., Schlüter, S. (2021):
Experimental platforms for the investigation of spatiotemporal patterns in the rhizosphere—laboratory and field scale
J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 184 (1), 35 - 50
full text (doi) - Bouffaud, M.-L., Herrmann, S., Tarkka, M.T., Bönn, M., Feldhahn, L., Buscot, F. (2020):
Oak displays common local but specific distant gene regulation responses to different mycorrhizal fungi
BMC Genomics 21 , art. 399
full text (doi) - Breitkreuz, C., Buscot, F., Tarkka, M., Reitz, T. (2020):
Shifts between and among populations of wheat rhizosphere Pseudomonas, Streptomyces and Phyllobacterium suggest consistent phosphate mobilization at different wheat growth stages under abiotic stress
Front. Microbiol. 10 , art. 3109
full text (doi) - Ganther, M., Yim, B., Ibrahim, Z., Bienert, M.D., Lippold, E., Maccario, L., Sørensen, S.J., Bienert, G.P., Vetterlein, D., Heintz-Buschart, A., Blagodatskaya, E., Smalla, K., Tarkka, M.T. (2020):
Compatibility of X-ray computed tomography with plant gene expression profiling, rhizosphere bacterial community composition and enzyme activity analyses
J. Exp. Bot. 71 (18), 5603 - 5614
full text (doi) - Hamid, M., Reitz, T., Joseph, M.R.P., Hommel, K., Mahgoub, A., Elhassan, M.M., Buscot, F., Tarkka, M. (2020):
Diversity and geographic distribution of soil streptomycetes with antagonistic potential against actinomycetoma-causing Streptomyces sudanensis in Sudan and South Sudan
BMC Microbiol. 20 , art. 33
full text (doi) - Larras, F., Billoir, E., Scholz, S., Tarkka, M., Wubet, T., Delignette-Muller, M.-L., Schmitt-Jansen, M. (2020):
A multi-omics concentration-response framework uncovers novel understanding of triclosan effects in the chlorophyte Scenedesmus vacuolatus
J. Hazard. Mater. 397 , art. 122727
full text (doi) - Bacht, M., Tarkka, M.T., Fernández López, I., Bönn, M., Brandl, R., Buscot, F., Feldhahn, L., Grams, T.E.E., Herrmann, S., Schädler, M. (2019):
Tree response to herbivory is affected by endogenous rhythmic growth and attenuated by cotreatment with a mycorrhizal fungus
Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 32 (6), 770 - 781
full text (doi) - Graf, M., Bönn, M., Feldhahn, L., Kurth, F., Grams, T.E.E., Herrmann, S., Tarkka, M., Buscot, F., Scheu, S. (2019):
Collembola interact with mycorrhizal fungi in modifying oak morphology, C and N incorporation and transcriptomics
R. Soc. Open Sci. 6 (3), art. 181869
full text (doi) - Rasul, M., Yasmin, S., Suleman, M., Zaheer, A., Reitz, T., Tarkka, M.T., Islam, E., Mirza, M.S. (2019):
Glucose dehydrogenase gene containing phosphobacteria for biofortification of Phosphorus with growth promotion of rice
Microbiol. Res. 223–225 , 1 - 12
full text (doi) - Ferlian, O., Biere, A., Bonfante, P., Buscot, F., Eisenhauer, N., Fernandez, I., Hause, B., Herrmann, S., Krajinski-Barth, F., Meier, I.C., Pozo, M.J., Rasmann, S., Rillig, M.C., Tarkka, M.T., van Dam, N.M., Wagg, C., Martinez-Medina, A. (2018):
Growing research networks on mycorrhizae for mutual benefits
Trends Plant Sci. 23 (11), 975 - 984
full text (doi) - Larras, F., Billoir, E., Baillard, V., Siberchicot, A., Scholz, S., Wubet, T., Tarkka, M., Schmitt-Jansen, M., Delignette-Muller, M.-L. (2018):
DRomics: A turnkey tool to support the use of the dose–response framework for omics data in ecological risk assessment
Environ. Sci. Technol. 52 (24), 14461 - 14468
full text (doi) - Plomion, C., Aury, J.-M., Amselem, J., Leroy, T., Murat, F., Duplessis, S., Faye, S., Francillonne, N., Labadie, K., Le Provost, G., Lesur, I., Bartholomé, J., Faivre-Rampant, P., Kohler, A., Leplé, J.-C., Chantret, N., Chen, J., Diévart, A., Alaeitabar, T., Barbe, V., Belser, C., Bergès, H., Bodénès, C., Bogeat-Triboulot, M.-B., Bouffaud, M.-L., Brachi, B., Chancerel, E., Cohen, D., Couloux, A., Da Silva, C., Dossat, C., Ehrenmann, F., Gaspin, C., Grima-Pettenati, J., Guichoux, E., Hecker, A., Herrmann, S., Hugueney, P., Hummel, I., Klopp, C., Lalanne, C., Lascoux, M., Lasserre, E., Lemainque, A., Desprez-Loustau, M.-L., Luyten, I., Madoui, M.-A., Mangenot, S., Marchal, C., Maumus, F., Mercier, J., Michotey, C., Panaud, O., Picault, N., Rouhier, N., Rué, O., Rustenholz, C., Salin, F., Soler, M., Tarkka, M., Velt, A., Zanne, A.E., Martin, F., Wincker, P., Quesneville, H., Kremer, A., Salse, J. (2018):
Oak genome reveals facets of long lifespan
Nat. Plants 4 , 440 - 452
full text (doi) - Tarkka, M.T., Drigo, B., Deveau, A. (2018):
Mycorrhizal microbiomes
Mycorrhiza 28 (5-6), 403 - 409
full text (doi) - Vetterlein, D., Tarkka, M. (2018):
Seeds with low phosphorus content: not so bad after all?
J. Exp. Bot. 69 (21), 4993 - 4996
full text (doi) - Herrmann, S., Grams, T.E.E., Tarkka, M.T., Angay, O., Bacht, M., Bönn, M., Feldhahn, L., Graf, M., Kurth, F., Maboreke, H., Mailander, S., Recht, S., Fleischmann, F., Ruess, L., Schädler, M., Scheu, S., Schrey, S., Buscot, F. (2016):
Endogenous rhythmic growth, a trait suitable for the study of interplays between multitrophic interactions and tree development
Perspect. Plant Ecol. Evol. Syst. 19 , 40 - 48
full text (doi) - Maboreke, H.R., Feldhahn, L., Bönn, M., Tarkka, M.T., Buscot, F., Herrmann, S., Menzel, R., Ruess, L. (2016):
Transcriptome analysis in oak uncovers a strong impact of endogenous rhythmic growth on the interaction with plant-parasitic nematodes
BMC Genomics 17 , art. 627
full text (doi) - Caravaca, F., Maboreke, H., Kurth, F., Herrmann, S., Tarkka, M.T., Ruess, L. (2015):
Synergists and antagonists in the rhizosphere modulate microbial communities and growth of Quercus robur L.
Soil Biol. Biochem. 82 , 65 - 73
full text (doi) - Herrmann, S., Recht, S., Boenn, M., Feldhahn, L., Angay, O., Fleischmann, F., Tarkka, M.T., Grams, T.E.E., Buscot, F. (2015):
Endogenous rhythmic growth in oak trees is regulated by internal clocks rather than resource availability
J. Exp. Bot. 66 (22), 7113 - 7127
full text (doi) - Kohler, A., Kuo, A., Nagy, L.G., Morin, E., Barry, K.W., Buscot, F., Canbäck, B., Choi, C., Cichocki, N., Clum, A., Colpaert, J., Copeland, A., Costa, M.D., Doré, J., Floudas, D., Gay, D., Girlanda, M., Henrissat, B., Herrmann, S., Hess, J., Högberg, N., Johansson, T., Khouja, H.-R., La Butti, K., Lahrmann, U., Levasseur, A., Lindquist, E.A., Lipzen, A., Marmeisse, R., Martino, E., Murat, C., Chew, Y., Ngan, C.Y., Nehls, U., Plett, J.M., Pringle, A., Ohm, R.A., Perotto, S.P., Riley, R., Rineau, F., Ruytinx, J., Salamov, A., Shah, F., Sun, H., Tarkka, M., Tritt, A., Veneault-Fourrey, C., Zuccaro, A., Tunlid, A., Grigoriev, I.V., Hibbett, D.S., Martin, F. (2015):
Convergent losses of decay mechanisms and rapid turnover of symbiosis genes in mycorrhizal mutualists
Nature Genet. 47 , 410 - 415
full text (doi) - Kurth, F., Feldhahn, L., Bönn, M., Herrmann, S., Buscot, F., Tarkka, M.T. (2015):
Large scale transcriptome analysis reveals interplay between development of forest trees and a beneficial mycorrhiza helper bacterium
BMC Genomics 16 , art. 658
full text (doi) - Lesur, I., Le Provost, G., Bento, P., Da Silva, C., Leplé, J.-C., Murat, F., Ueno, S., Bartholomé, J., Lalanne, C., Ehrenmann, F., Noirot, C., Burban, C., Léger, V., Amselem, J., Belser, C., Quesneville, H., Stierschneider, M., Fluch, S., Feldhahn, L., Tarkka, M., Herrmann, S., Buscot, F., Klopp, C., Kremer, A., Salse, J., Aury, J.-M., Plomion, C. (2015):
The oak gene expression atlas: insights into Fagaceae genome evolution and the discovery of genes regulated during bud dormancy release
BMC Genomics 16 , art. 112
full text (doi) - Goris, T., Schubert, T., Gadkari, J., Wubet, T., Tarkka, M., Buscot, F., Adrian, L., Diekert, G. (2014):
Insights into organohalide respiration and the versatile catabolism of Sulfurospirillum multivorans gained from comparative genomics and physiological studies
Environ. Microbiol. 16 (11), 3562 - 3580
full text (doi) - Kurth, F., Mailänder, S., Bönn, M., Feldhahn, L., Herrmann, S., Große, I., Buscot, F., Schrey, S.D., Tarkka, M.T. (2014):
Streptomyces-induced resistance against oak powdery mildew involves host plant responses in defense, photosynthesis, and secondary metabolism pathways
Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 27 (9), 891 - 900
full text (doi) - Kurth, F., Zeitler, K., Feldhahn, L., Neu, T.R., Weber, T., Krištůfek, V., Wubet, T., Herrmann, S., Buscot, F., Tarkka, M.T. (2013):
Detection and quantification of a mycorrhization helper bacterium and a mycorrhizal fungus in plant-soil microcosms at different levels of complexity
BMC Microbiol. 13 , art. 205
full text (doi) - Pavic, A., Stanković, S., Saljnikov, E., Krüger, D., Buscot, F., Tarkka, M., Marjanović, Z. (2013):
Actinobacteria may influence white truffle (Tuber magnatum Pico) nutrition, ascocarp degradation and interactions with other soil fungi
Fungal Ecol. 6 (6), 527 - 538
full text (doi) - Pöritz, M., Goris, T., Wubet, T., Tarkka, M.T., Buscot, F., Nijenhuis, I., Lechner, U., Adrian, L. (2013):
Genome sequences of two dehalogenation specialists - Dehalococcoides mccartyi strains BTF08 and DCMB5 enriched from the highly polluted Bitterfeld region
FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 343 (2), 101 - 104
full text (doi) - Tarkka, M.T., Herrmann, S., Wubet, T., Feldhahn, L., Recht, S., Kurth, F., Mailänder, S., Bönn, M., Neef, M., Angay, O., Bacht, M., Graf, M., Maboreke, H., Fleischmann, F., Grams, T.E.E., Ruess, L., Schädler, M., Brandl, R., Scheu, S., Schrey, S.D., Grosse, I., Buscot, F. (2013):
OakContigDF159.1, a reference library for studying differential gene expression in Quercus robur during controlled biotic interactions: use for quantitative transcriptomic profiling of oak roots in ectomycorrhizal symbiosis
New Phytol. 199 (2), 529 - 540
full text (doi) - Schrey, S.D., Erkenbrack, E., Früh, E., Fengler, S., Hommel, K., Horlacher, N., Schulz, D., Ecke, M., Kulik, A., Fiedler, H.P., Hampp, R., Tarkka, M.T. (2012):
Production of fungal and bacterial growth modulating secondary metabolites is widespread among mycorrhiza-associated streptomycetes
BMC Microbiol. 12 , art. 164
full text (doi) - Taubert, M., Vogt, C., Wubet, T., Kleinsteuber, S., Tarkka, M.T., Harms, H., Buscot, F., Richnow, H.-H., von Bergen, M., Seifert, J. (2012):
Protein-SIP enables time-resolved analysis of the carbon flux in a sulfate-reducing, benzene-degrading microbial consortium
ISME J. 6 (12), 2291 - 2301
full text (doi) - Yurkov, A., Krüger, D., Begerow, D., Arnold, N., Tarkka, M.T. (2012):
Basidiomycetous yeasts from Boletales fruiting bodies and their interactions with the mycoparasite Sepedonium chrysospermum and the host fungus Paxillus
Microb. Ecol. 63 (2), 295 - 303
full text (doi) - Frey-Klett, P., Burlinson, P., Deveau, A., Barret, M., Tarkka, M., Sarniguet, A. (2011):
Bacterial-fungal interactions: hyphens between agricultural, clinical, environmental, and food microbiologists
Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 75 (4), 583 - 609
full text (doi) - Lehr, N.A., Adomas, A., Asiegbu, F.O., Hamp, R., Tarkka, M.T. (2009):
WS-5995 B, an antifungal agent inducing differential gene expression in the conifer pathogen Heterobasidion annosum but not in Heterobasidion abietinum
Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 85 (2), 347 - 358
full text (doi) - Tarkka, M.T., Sarniguet, A., Frey-Klett, P. (2009):
Inter-kingdom encounters: recent advances in molecular bacterium-fungus interactions
Curr. Genet. 55 (3), 233 - 243
full text (doi) - Lehr, N.A., Schrey, S.D., Hampp, R., Tarkka, M.T. (2008):
Root inoculation with a forest soil streptomycete leads to locally and systemically increased resistance against phytopathogens in Norway spruce
New Phytol. 177 (4), 965 - 976
full text (doi) - Schrey, S.D., Tarkka, M.T. (2008):
Friends and foes: streptomycetes as modulators of plant disease and symbiosis
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 94 (1), 11 - 19
full text (doi) - Frey-Klett, P., Garbaye, J., Tarkka, M. (2007):
The mycorrhiza helper bacteria revisited
New Phytol. 176 (1), 22 - 36
full text (doi) - Lehr, N.A., Schrey, S.D., Bauer, R., Hampp, R., Tarkka, M.T. (2007):
Suppression of plant defence response by a mycorrhiza helper bacterium
New Phytol. 174 (4), 892 - 903
full text (doi) - Schrey, S.D., Salo, V., Raudaskoski, M., Hampp, R., Nehls, U., Tarkka, M.T. (2007):
Interaction with mycorrhiza helper bacterium Streptomyces sp. AcH 505 modifies organisation of actin cytoskeleton in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Amanita muscaria (fly agaric)
Curr. Genet. 52 (2), 77 - 85
full text (doi) - Tarkka, M.T., Piechulla, B. (2007):
Aromatic weapons: truffles attack plants by the production of volatiles
New Phytol. 175 (3), 381 - 383
full text (doi) - Riedlinger, J., Schrey, S.D., Tarkka, M.T., Hampp, R., Kapur, M., Fiedler, H.P. (2006):
Auxofuran, a novel metabolite that stimulates the growth of fly agaric, is produced by the mycorrhiza helper bacterium Streptomyces strain AcH 505
Appl. Environ. Microb. 72 (5), 3550 - 3557
full text (doi) - Tarkka, M.T., Schrey, S., Nehls, U. (2006):
The α-tubulin gene AmTuba1: a marker for rapid mycelial growth in the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Amanita muscaria
Curr. Genet. 49 (5), 294 - 301
full text (doi) - Juuti, J.T., Jokela, S., Tarkka, M.T., Paulin, L., Lahdensalo, J. (2005):
Two phylogenetically highly distinct β-tubulin genes of the basidiomycete Suillus bovinus
Curr. Genet. 47 (4), 253 - 263
full text (doi) - Schrey, S.D., Schellhammer, M., Ecke, M., Hampp, R., Tarkka, M.T. (2005):
Mycorrhiza helper bacterium Streptomyces AcH 505 induces differential gene expression in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Amanita muscaria
New Phytol. 168 (1), 205 - 216
full text (doi) - Saarma, K., Tarkka, M.T., Itavaara, M., Fagerstedt, K.V. (2003):
Heat shock protein synthesis is induced by diethyl phthalate but not by di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in radish (Raphanus sativus)
J. Plant Physiol. 160 (9), 1001 - 1010
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Articles in other journals (not listed in ISI) (5)
- Ferlian, O., Goldmann, K., Eisenhauer, N., Tarkka, M.T., Buscot, F., Heintz-Buschart, A. (2021):
Distinct effects of host and neighbour tree identity on arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal fungi along a tree diversity gradient
ISME Commun. 1 , art. 40
full text (doi) - Vetterlein, D., Carminati, A., Kögel-Knabner, I., Bienert, G.P., Smalla, K., Oburger, E., Schnepf, A., Banitz, T., Tarkka, M., Schlüter, S. (2020):
Rhizosphere spatiotemporal organization–A key to rhizosphere functions
Front. Agron. 2 , art. 8
full text (doi) - Tarkka, M.T., Feldhahn, L., Buscot, F., Wubet, T. (2015):
Genome sequence of the mycorrhiza helper bacterium Streptomyces sp. strain AcH 505
Genome Announc. 3 (2), e01386-14
full text (doi) - Tarkka, M.T., Feldhahn, L., Krüger, D., Arnold, N., Buscot, F., Wubet, T. (2015):
Draft genome sequence of Streptomyces sp. Strain 150FB, a mushroom mycoparasite antagonist
Genome Announc. 3 (2), e01441-14
full text (doi) - Tarkka, M.T., Lehr, N.A., Hampp, R., Schrey, S.D. (2008):
Plant behavior upon contact with streptomycetes
Plant Signaling & Behavior 3 (11), 1 - 3
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Book chapters (4)
- Hampp, R., Tarkka, M.T. (2009):
Interaction with soil microorganisms
In: Varma, A., Kharkwal, A.C. (eds.)
Symbiotic fungi. Principles and practice
Soil Biology 18
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, p. 197 - 210
full text (doi) - Tarkka, M., Hampp, R. (2008):
Secondary metabolites of soil streptomycetes in biotic interactions
In: Karlovsky, P. (ed.)
Secondary metabolites in soil ecology
Soil Biology 14
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, p. 107 - 126
full text (doi) - Tarkka, M., Schrey, S.D., Hampp, R. (2008):
Plant associated soil micro-organisms
In: Nautiyal, C.S., Dion, P. (eds.)
Molecular mechanisms of plant and microbe coexistence
Soil Biology 15
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, p. 3 - 51
full text (doi) - Tarkka, M.T., Frey-Klett, P. (2008):
Mycorrhiza helper bacteria
In: Varma, A. (ed.)
Mycorrhiza. State of the art, genetics and molecular biology, eco-function, biotechnology, eco-physiology, structure and systematics
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, p. 113 - 132
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Reports (1)
- Tarkka, M., Hildebrandt, J. (2020):
Pilzarten und ihre pflanzlichen Wirte im Klimawandel
ESKP Earth System Knowledge Platform Wissensplattform Erde und Umwelt, Potsdam, 9 S.
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Conference papers (1)
- Ganther, M., Bouffaud, M.-L., Gebauer, L., Buscot, F., Vetterlein, D., Heintz-Buschart, A., Tarkka, M. (2020):
Spatial sampling approach to unravel the impact of soil texture and root genotype on maize root gene expression profiles
EGU General Assembly, EGU2020, Online, 4-8 May 2020
EGUsphere
Copernicus Publications, p. EGU2020-9707
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Peer-reviewed publications
Riedlinger J., Schrey S.D., Tarkka M.T., Hampp R., Kapur M., Fiedler H.P. (2006)
Auxofuran, a novel substance stimulating growth of fly agaric, produced by the mycorrhiza helper bacterium Streptomyces AcH 505.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72, 3550-3557.
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Tarkka M.T., Schrey S., Nehls U . (2006)
The alpha-tubulin gene AmTuba1: A marker for rapid mycelial growth in the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Amanita muscaria.
Current Genetics 49, 294-301.
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Schrey S.D., Schellhammer M., Ecke M., Hampp R., Tarkka M.T. (2005)
Mycorrhization helper bacterium Streptomyces AcH 505 induces differential gene expression in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Amanita muscaria.
New Phytologist 168, 205-216.
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Juuti J.T., Jokela S., Tarkka M.T., Paulin L., Lahdensalo J. (2005)
Two phylogenetically highly distinct beta-tubulin genes of the basidiomycete Suillus bovinus.
Current Genetics 47, 253-263.
Saarma K., Tarkka M.T., Itavaara M., Fagerstedt K.V. (2003)
Heat shock protein synthesis is induced by diethyl phthalate but not by di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in radish (Raphanus sativus).
Journal of Plant Physiology 160, 1001-1010.
Gorfer M., Tarkka M.T., Hanif M., Pardo A.G., Laitiainen E., Raudaskoski M. (2001)
Characterization of small GTPases Cdc42 and Rac and the relationship between Cdc42 and actin cytoskeleton in vegetative and ectomycorrhizal hyphae of Suillus bovinus.
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 14, 135-144.
Tarkka M.T., Nyman T.A., Kalkkinen N., Raudaskoski M. (2001)
Scots pine expresses short root-specific peroxidases during development.
European Journal of Biochemistry 268, 86-92.
Tarkka M.T., Vasara R., Gorfer M., Raudaskoski M. (2000)
Molecular characterization of actin genes from homobasidiomycetes: two different actin genes from Schizophyllum commune and Suillus bovinus.
Gene 251, 27-35.
Tarkka M., Niini S.S., Raudaskoski M. (1998)
Developmentally regulated proteins during differentiation of root system and ectomycorrhiza in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) with Suillus bovinus.
Physiologia Plantarum 104, 449-455.
Niini S.S., Tarkka M.T., Raudaskoski M. (1996)
Tubulin and actin protein patterns in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) roots and developing ectomycorrhiza with Suillus bovinus.
Physiologia Plantarum 96, 186-192.
Book Chapters
Nehls U., Zhang C., Tarkka M., Hampp R., Fladung M. (2006)
Investigation of horizontal gene transfer from transgenic aspen to ectomycorrhizal fungi.
In: Recent developments in tree transgenesis, Fladung M, Ewald D (eds), pp 323-333. Springer-Verlag
Tarkka M.T., Nehls U., Hampp R. (2005)
Physiology of Ectomycorrhiza (ECM).
Progress in Botany 66, 220-247.
Raudaskoski M., Tarkka M.T., Niini S.S. (2004)
Mycorrhizal development and cytoskeleton.
In: Plant Surface Microbiology, pp. 293-330. Springer-Verlag.
Raudaskoski M., Pardo A., Tarkka M., et al. (2001)
Small GTPases, cytoskeleton and signal transduction in filamentous homobasidiomycetes.
NATO Science Series I: 328, 123-136