Rosling lab

Ecology and evolution in soil fungi

We conduct research in the field of molecular ecology and evolution, focusing on root-associated fungal communities and their adaptation to soil biogeochemistry and plant host. Together we conduct field and experimental work using community metabarcoding for spatial and temporal analysis of fungal communities. Always keeping an eye open for sequences of Archaeorhizomycetes because we are interested in ways to describe their great diversity in the absence of cultured type material. Hidden fungal diversity is always a source for interesting discoveries and with Veera Tuovinen joining the team we have gained great microscopy expertise and expanded our scope to include lichens holobionts.

Over the last five years, an ERC funded research program has allowed us to dive into the genomics of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, including extensive method development for single nuclei sequencing and assembly workflows. These efforts are paying off and now allows us to explore phylogenomics and genomic signatures of these important plant symbionts.

The team contributes to and benefits from affiliations to SciLifeLab, the The Linnean Centre of Plant Biology and the Swedish Biodiversity Data Infrastructure (SBDI).

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Group members

Research leader: Anna Rosling

Publications

Consistent Species Richness Patterns but Not Richness Estimates Based on Both ASV and OTU Inference Methods on ITS2-Based Soil Fungal Communities

Kyaschenko, Julia; Tångrot, Jeanette; Dahlberg, Anders; Lindahl, Björn D. et al.

Part of Environmental DNA, 2026
- DOI for Consistent Species Richness Patterns but Not Richness Estimates Based on Both ASV and OTU Inference Methods on ITS2-Based Soil Fungal Communities
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Short- and long-read metabarcoding of Archaeorhizomycetes reveals high phylogenetic diversity structured by vegetation and climate

Thoen, Ella; Krabberod, Anders K.; Tuovinen Nogerius, Veera; Skrede, Inger et al.

Part of New Phytologist, p. 418-432, 2026
- DOI for Short- and long-read metabarcoding of Archaeorhizomycetes reveals high phylogenetic diversity structured by vegetation and climate
Impacts of large herbivores on mycorrhizal fungal communities across the Arctic

Brachmann, Cole G.; Ryberg, Martin; Furneaux, Brendan R.; Rosling, Anna et al.

Part of Ecography, 2026
- DOI for Impacts of large herbivores on mycorrhizal fungal communities across the Arctic
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Another dark taxon comes to light: Semicentenialomycetes, a new class within the Pucciniomycotina (Basidiomycota), and its first described representative, Semicentenialea rex

Tuovinen Nogerius, Veera; Sanchez-Garcia, Marisol; Kluting, Kerri; Heinonsalo, Jussi et al.

Part of IMA Fungus, 2026
- DOI for Another dark taxon comes to light: Semicentenialomycetes, a new class within the Pucciniomycotina (Basidiomycota), and its first described representative, Semicentenialea rex
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Biodiversity Genomics Research Practices Require Harmonising to Meet Stakeholder Needs in Conservation

Buzan, Elena; de Guttry, Christian; Bortoluzzi, Chiara; Street, Nathaniel R. et al.

Part of Molecular Ecology, 2025
- DOI for Biodiversity Genomics Research Practices Require Harmonising to Meet Stakeholder Needs in Conservation
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Organic carbon source controlled microbial olivine dissolution in small-scale flow-through bioreactors, for CO₂ removal

Corbett, Thomas; Westholm, Marcus; Rosling, Anna; Calogiuri, Tullia et al.

Part of NPJ MATERIALS DEGRADATION, 2024
- DOI for Organic carbon source controlled microbial olivine dissolution in small-scale flow-through bioreactors, for CO₂ removal
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Evolutionary history of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and genomic signatures of obligate symbiosis

Rosling, Anna; Eshghi Sahraei, Shadi; Kalsoom, Faheema; Desiro, Alessandro et al.

Part of BMC Genomics, 2024
- DOI for Evolutionary history of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and genomic signatures of obligate symbiosis
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Detection of rare variants among nuclei populating the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal model species Rhizophagus irregularis DAOM197198

Manyara, David; Sánchez-García, Marisol; Montoliu-Nerin, Merce; Rosling, Anna

Part of G3, 2024
- DOI for Detection of rare variants among nuclei populating the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal model species Rhizophagus irregularis DAOM197198
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Forest Fire Influence on Tomicus piniperda-Associated Fungal Communities and Phloem Nutrient Availability of Colonized Pinus sylvestris

Kluting, Kerri; Strid, Ylva; Six, Diana; Rosling, Anna

Part of Microbial Ecology, p. 224-239, 2023
- DOI for Forest Fire Influence on Tomicus piniperda-Associated Fungal Communities and Phloem Nutrient Availability of Colonized Pinus sylvestris
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Stochastic nuclear organization and host-dependent allele contribution in Rhizophagus irregularis

van Creij, Jelle; Auxier, Ben; An, Jianyong; Wijfjes, Raul Y. et al.

Part of BMC Genomics, 2023
- DOI for Stochastic nuclear organization and host-dependent allele contribution in Rhizophagus irregularis
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Part of research areas

Evolutionary Biology