| Title: | Headspace solid-phase microextraction with gas chromatography and mass spectrometry in the investigation of volatile organic compounds in an ectomycorrhizae synthesis system |
| Author(s): | Menotta M; Gioacchini AM; Amicucci A; Buffalini M; Sisti D; Stocchi V; |
| Address: | "Istituto di Chimica Biologica Giorgio Fornaini, Universita degli Studi di Urbino, via Saffi 2, 61029 Urbino (PU), Italy" |
| Journal Title: | Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0951-4198 (Print) 0951-4198 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Ectomycorrhizae formation represents one of the most significant steps in the truffle life cycle and is determined by a complex molecular signaling between two symbionts. In order to understand the molecular pathway of ectomycorrhiza development, we focused on the signaling interaction between the ectomycorrhizal fungus Tuber borchii Vittad. and the Tilia americana L. plant roots. The medium of a pre-symbiotic (T. americana-T. borchii) in vitro system was analysed by headspace solid-phase microextraction coupled with gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. In total, 73 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were identified. Twenty-nine of these VOCs were produced only during the interaction phase between the two partners, leading to a hypothesis that these molecules might act as molecular messengers in order to pilot the ectomycorrhizae formation" |
| Keywords: | Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry/*methods Molecular Structure Mycorrhizae/*chemistry/metabolism Organic Chemicals/*analysis/chemistry Volatilization; |
| Notes: | "MedlineMenotta, Michele Gioacchini, Anna M Amicucci, Antonella Buffalini, Michele Sisti, Davide Stocchi, Vilberto eng England 2004/01/28 Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2004; 18(2):206-10. doi: 10.1002/rcm.1314" |
