2025
Lab members are shown in bold
J.D Stewart, J.D., Corrales, A., Canteiro, C., Qin, C., Gupta, M.M., Otgonsuren, B., Peña-Venegas, C. P., Van Nuland, M. E., Kohout, P., VÄ›trovský, T., Kokkoris, V., Manley B. F. Advancing knowledge on the biogeography of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to support Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on Land. FEMS Microbiology Letters, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnaf055
Woodward, M., Dallaire, A., Paszkowski, U., Kokkoris, V. Is genetic manipulation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi possible? Trends in Microbiology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2025.06.002
Cargill, R., Shimizu. S. T., Kiers E. T., Kokkoris, V. Cellular Anatomy of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Current Biology,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.03.053
Oyarte Galvez, L., Bisot, C., Bourrianne, P., Cargill, R., Klein, M., van Son, M., van Krugten, J., Caldas, V., Clerc, T., Lin, K., Kahane, F., van Staalduine, S., Stewart, J. D., Terry, V., Turcu, B., van Otterdijk, S., Babu, A., Kamp, M., Seynen, M., Steenbeek, B., Zomerdijk, J., Tutucci, E., Sheldrake, M., Godin, C., Kokkoris, V., Stone,H. A., Kiers E. T., & Shimizu. S. T. A travelling-wave strategy for plant–fungal trade. Nature,
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08614-x
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Antunes, P. M., Stürmer, L.S., Bever, D. J., Chagnon, PL.. Chaudhary, V. B., Deveautour, C., Fahey, C., Kokkoris, V., Lekberg, Y., Powell, R. J., Aguilar-Trigueros A. C., & Zhang H. Enhancing consistency in arbuscular mycorrhizal trait-based research to improve predictions of function. Mycorrhiza, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-025-01187-7
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​Oliveira, J. I. N., Lane, C., Mugambi, K., Yildirir, G., Nicol, A. M., Kokkoris, V., Banchini, C., Dadej, K., Dettman, J., Stefani, F., Corradi, N. Analyses of Transposable Elements in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Support Evolutionary Parallels With Filamentous Plant Pathogens, Genome Biology & Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf038 ​​​​
2024
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Sun, D., Rozmoš, M., Kokkoris, V., Kotianová, M., Hršelová, H., Bukovská, P., Faghihinia, M., Jansa, J. Gene expression signatures of mutualism and pathogenesis in flax roots. Frontiers in Plant Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-024-01154-8
da Costa Ribeiro Quintans, I.L.A., Vukicevich, E., Kokkoris, V., Packard, E., Adhikary, D., Hart, M.M., Deyholos. M.K. Biodiversity and Ecosystem-level Function of the Rhizosphere. Frontiers in Plant Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1415082
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Klein, M., Bisot, C., Oyarte Gálvez, L., Kokkoris, V., S Shimizu, T.S., Dong, L., Weedon, J. T., Bouwmeester, H., Kiers E. T., The potential of strigolactones to shift competitive dynamics among two Rhizophagus irregularis strains. Frontiers in Microbiology https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1470469
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2023
Kokkoris, V., Banchini, C., Paré, L., Abdellatif, L., Séguin, S., Hubbard, K., Findlay, W., Dalpé, Y., Dettman, J., Corradi, N., Stefani, F. Rhizophagus irregularis, the model fungus in arbuscular mycorrhiza research, forms dimorphic spores. New Phytologist, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19121​
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Terry, V., Kokkoris, V., Villeneuve-Laroche, M., Turcu, B., Chapman, K., Cornell, C., Zheng, Z., Stefani, F., Corradi, N. Mycorrhizal response of Solanum tuberosum to homokaryotic versus dikaryotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Mycorrhiza, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-023-01123-7
Editorial: Marín, C., Bueno, G., Wang, J., Kokkoris, V. Biodiversity and Ecosystem-level Function of the Rhizosphere. Frontiers in Plant Science, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1278662
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Kokkoris V. and Corradi N. AMF genetics and the future of AMF applications. IMS Newsletter, VOL. 4 ISSUE 2, AUGUST 2023
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2022
Cornell, C., Kokkoris, V, Δ., Turcu, B., Dettman, J., Stefani, F., Corradi, N. The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis harmonizes nuclear dynamics in the presence of distinct abiotic factors. Fungal Genetics and Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2021.103639
Wang, Y., Stajich, J., Kokkoris, V., Villeneuve-Laroche, M., Yildirir, G., Corradi, N., Early branching arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Paraglomus occultum carries a small and repeat-poor genome compared to relatives in the Glomeromycotina. Microbial genomics, 10.1099/mgen.0.000810
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2021
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Kokkoris, V., Chagnon, PL., Yildirir G., Clarke, K., Goh, D., MacLean, A., Dettman, J., Stefani, F., Corradi, N., Host identity influences nuclear dynamics in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Current Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.035
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Kokkoris, V., Vukicevich, E., Thomsen, C., Richards, A., Hart, M. Droplet digital PCR in environmental samples: challenges and best practices. Applied microbiology, https://doi.org/10.3390/applmicrobiol1010007
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Serghi E.U., Kokkoris, Δ, V., Cornell C., Dettman J., Stefani F., Corradi N. Homo- and Dikaryons of the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus Rhizophagus irregularis Differ in Life History Strategy. Frontiers in Plant Science, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.715377
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Cornell, C., Kokkoris, V., Richards, A., Horst, C., Rosa, D., Bennett, J., Hart, M. Do bioinoculants affect resident microbial communities? A meta-analysis. Frontiers in Agronomy, https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2021.753474
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Martignoni, M., Garnier, J., Zhang, X., Rosa, D., Kokkoris, V., Tyson, R., Hart, M. Co-inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi differing in carbon sink strength induces a synergistic effect in plant growth. Journal of Theoretical Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2021.110859
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Thomsen, C., Loverock, B., Kokkoris, V., Bowen, P., Hart, M. Commercial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal inoculant failed to establish in a vineyard despite priority advantage. PeerJ, 10.7717/peerj.11119
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2020
Kokkoris, V., Stefani, F., Dalpé, Y., Dettman, J., Corradi N. Nuclear Dynamics in the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi. Trends in plants science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2020.05.002
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Kokkoris, V., Antunes, P., Fahey, C., Fordyce, J., Kivlin, S., Lekberg, Y., Hart, M. Codependency between plant and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities: what is the evidence? New Phytologist, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16676
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Yildirir, G., Malar, M., Kokkoris, V., Corradi, N. Parasexual and sexual reproduction in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: room for both. Trends in Microbiology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2020.03.013
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Rosa, D., Ambrosini V., Brunetto G., Kokkoris V., Hart M., Ricachenevsky F., Pescador R. Lime protection for young vines exposed to copper toxicity. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-020-04662-3
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Rosa, D., Pogiatzis, A., Bowen, P., Kokkoris V., Richards, A., Hart, M. Performance and establishment of a commercial mycorrhizal inoculant in viticulture. Agriculture, https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10110539
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2019
Kokkoris, V., Li, Y., Hamel, C., Hanson, K., Hart, M. Site specificity in establishment of a commercial fungal inoculant. Science of The Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.100
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Kokkoris, V., Hart, M. The role of in vitro cultivation on symbiotic trait and function variation in a single species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus. Fungal Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2019.06.009
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Kokkoris, V., Massas, I., Polemis, E., Koutrotsios, G., Zervakis, G. Accumulation of heavy metals by wild edible mushrooms collected in the Athens metropolitan area (Greece) and associations with their respective soil substrates. Science of The Total Environment,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.447
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Kokkoris, V., Miles, T., Hart, M. The role of in vitro cultivation on asymbiotic trait variation in a single species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus. Fungal Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2019.01.005
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Kokkoris, V., Hamel, C., Hart, M. Mycorrhizal response of cultivars versus native plants. PLOS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221037
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Kokkoris, V., Pogiatzis, A., Hart, M. Contrasting common measures of AM fungal root colonization. Journal of Microbiological Methods, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2019.105727
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Kokkoris, V., Hart, M. In vitro propagation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi may drive fungal evolution. Frontiers in Microbiology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02420
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Holland, T., Bowen, P., Kokkoris, V., Richards, A., Rosa, D., Hart, M. The effect of root pruning on beneficial root symbionts in grapevine rootstocks. Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40538-019-0159-y
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Van der Heyde, M., L. K. Abbott, Catherine Gehring, Kokkoris V., Miranda M. Hart. Reconciling disparate responses to grazing in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Rhizosphere, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2019.100167
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Holland, T., Bowen, P., Kokkoris, V., Hart, M. Does inoculation with AM fungi reduce trunk disease in grapevine rootstocks? Horticulturae,
https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae5030061
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2018
Egan, CP., Rummel, A., Kokkoris, V., Klironomos, J., Lekberg, Y., Hart, M. Using mock communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to evaluate fidelity associated with Illumina sequencing. Fungal Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2018.01.004