2025
Lab members are shown in bold
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Kokkoris V. and Corradi N. AMF genetics and the future of AMF applications. IMS Newsletter, VOL. 4 ISSUE 2, AUGUST 2023
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
2021
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Kokkoris, V., Hamel, C., Hart, M. Mycorrhizal response of cultivars versus native plants. PLOS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221037
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
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
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
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
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
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