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Selected Publications

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2022

  • Malik S.S., Sudalaimuthuasari N., Kundu B., AlMaskari R.S., and Mundra S. (2022) Contrasting genome patterns of two pseudomonas strains isolated from date palm rhizosphere for survival in hot arid environment. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

  • Tedersoo L, Mikryukov V, Zizka A, Bahram M, Hagh-Doust N, Anslan S, Prylutskyi O, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Maestre FT, Pärn J, Öpik M, Moora M, Zobel M, Espenberg M, Mander Ü, Khalid AN, Corrales A, Agan A, Vasco-Palacios A-M, Saitta A, Rinaldi AC, Verbeken A, Sulistyo BP, Tamgnoue B, Furneaux B, Ritter CD, Nyamukondiwa C, Sharp C, Marín C, Gohar D, Klavina D, Sharmah D, Dai DQ, Nouhra E, Biersma EM, Rähn E, Cameron EK, De Crop E, Otsing E, Davydov EA, Albornoz FE, Brearley FQ, Buegger F, Zahn G, Bonito G, Hiiesalu I, Barrio IC, Heilmann-Clausen J, Ankuda J, Kupagme JY, Maciá-Vicente JG, Fovo JD, Geml J, Alatalo JM, Alvarez-Manjarrez J, Põldmaa K, Runnel K, Adamson K, Bråthen KA, Pritsch K, Tchan KI, Armolaitis K, Hyde KD, Newsham KK, Panksep K, Lateef AA, Tiirmann L, Hansson L, Lamit LJ, Saba M, Tuomi M, Gryzenhout M, Bauters M, Piepenbring M, Wijayawardene N, Yorou NS, Kurina O, Mortimer PE, Meidl P, Kohout P, Nilsson RH, Puusepp R, Drenkhan R, Garibay-Orijel R, Godoy R, Alkahtani S, Rahimlou S, Dudov SV, Põlme S, Ghosh S, Mundra S, Ahmed T, Netherway T, Henkel TW, Roslin T, Nteziryayo V, Fedosov VE, Onipchenko VG, Erandi Yasanthika WA, Lim YW, Soudzilovskaia NA, Antonelli A, Kõljalg U, Abarenkov K (2022) Towards understanding diversity, endemicity and global change vulnerability of soil fungi. Global Change Biology

  • Shamin A., Loganathacheti D.S., Chandran S., Masmoudi K., and Mundra S. (2022) Salinity of irrigation water selects distinct bacterial communities associated with root of date palm (Phonix dactylifera L.) root. Scientific Report

  • Loganathacheti D.S., AlHashmi F., Chandran S., and Mundra S. (2022) Irrigation water salinity structures the bacterial communities of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera)-associated bulk soil. Frontiers in Plant Sciences

  • Mundra S., Kauserud H., Øklan T., Nordvakken J., Ransedokken Y., and Kjønaas O.J. (2022) Shift in tree species changes the belowground biota of boreal forest. New Phytologist 234 (6), 2073-87.

  • Hazzouri K.M., Sudalaimuthuasari N., Saeed E.E., Kundu B., Al-Maskari R.S., Nelson D., AlShehhi A.A., Aldhuhoori M.A., Almutawa D.S., Alshehhi F.R., Balan J., Mundra S., Alam M., Salehi-Ashtiani K., Purugganan M. and Amiri K.M (2022) Salt flat microbial diversity and dynamics across salinity gradient. Scientific Reports 12:11293.

  • Fiore-Donno, A. M. Human, Z. R., Štursová M., Mundra S., Morgado L., Kauserud, H., Baldrian P. and Bonkowski M. (2022) Soil compartments (bulk soil, litter, root and rhizosphere) as main drivers of soil protistan communities distribution in forest with different nitrogen deposition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 

2021

  • Mundra S., Morgado L., Krabberød A.K., Ransedokken Y., Kjønaas O.J. and Kauserud H. (2021) Soil depth matters: Shift in composition and inter-kingdom co-occurrence patterns of microorganisms in deciduous forest along depth gradients. FEMS microbiology ecology DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab022

  • Tedersoo L, Mikryukov V, Anslan S, Bahram M, Khalid AN, Corrales A, Agan A, Vasco-Palacios A-M, Saitta A, Antonelli A, Rinaldi AC, Verbeken A, Sulistyo BP, Tamgnoue B, Furneaux B, Ritter CD, Nyamukondiwa C, Sharp C, Marín C, Dai DQ, Gohar D, Sharmah D, Biersma EM, Cameron EK, De Crop E, Otsing E, Davydov EA, Albornoz FE, Brearley FQ, Buegger F, Gates G, Zahn G, Bonito G, Hiiesalu I, Hiiesalu I, Zettur I, Barrio IC, Pärn J, Heilmann-Clausen J, Ankuda J, Kupagme JY, Sarapuu J, Maciá-Vicente JG, Fovo JD, Geml J, Alatalo JM, Alvarez-Manjarrez J, Monkai J, Põldmaa K, Runnel K, Adamson K, Bråthen KA, Pritsch K, Tchan KI, Armolaitis K, Hyde KD, Newsham KK, Panksep K, Adebola LA, Lamit LJ, Saba M, da Silva Cáceres ME, Tuomi M, Gryzenhout M, Bauters M, Bálint M, Wijayawardene N, Hagh-Doust N, Yorou NS, Kurina O, Mortimer PE, Meidl P, Nilsson RH, Puusepp R, Casique-Valdés R, Drenkhan R, Garibay-Orijel R, Godoy R, Alfarraj S, Rahimlou S, Põlme S, Dudov SV, Mundra S, Ahmed T, Netherway T, Henkel TW, Roslin T, Fedosov VE, Onipchenko VG, Yasanthika WAE, Lim YW, Piepenbring M, Klavina D, Kõljalg U, Abarenkov K. (2021) The Global Soil Mycobiome consortium dataset for boosting fungal diversity research. Fungal Diversity.Maillard F., Fernandez C.W., Mundra S., Heckman K., Kolka R., Kauserud H., Kennedy P.G. (2021) Experimental warming drives a ‘hummockification’ of microbial communities associated with decomposing mycorrhizal fungal necromass in peatlands. Environmental Microbiology

  • Mohamed N.G., Litlekalsøy J., Ahmed I.A., Martinsen E.M.H, Furriol J., Javier-Lopez R., Elsheikh M., Mohamed N.G., Morgado L., Mundra S., Johannessen A.C. Osman T.A., Nginamau E.S., Suleiman A., and Costea D.E. (2021) Analysis of salivary mycobiome in a cohort of oral squamous cell carcinoma patients from Sudan identifies Malassezia as an independent predictor of overall survival. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

  • Tonjer L., Thoen E., Morgado L., Botnen S.S., Mundra S., Nybakken L., Bryn A. and Kauserud H. (2021) Fungal community dynamics across a forest-alpine ecotone. Molecular Ecology

  • Põlme S, Abarenkov K, Henrik Nilsson R, Lindahl BD, Clemmensen KE, Kauserud H, Nguyen N, Kjøller R, Bates ST, Baldrian P, Frøslev TG, Adojaan K, Vizzini A, Suija A, Pfister D, Baral H-O, Järv H, Madrid H, Nordén J, Liu J-K, Pawlowska J, Põldmaa K, Pärtel K, Runnel K, Hansen K, Larsson K-H, Hyde KD, Sandoval-Denis M, Smith ME, Toome-Heller M, Wijayawardene NN, Menolli N, Reynolds NK, Drenkhan R, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Gibertoni TB, Læssøe T, Davis W, Tokarev Y, Corrales A, Soares AM, Agan A, Machado AR, Argüelles-Moyao A, Detheridge A, de Meiras-Ottoni A, Verbeken A, Dutta AK, Cui B-K, Pradeep CK, Marín C, Stanton D, Gohar D, Wanasinghe DN, Otsing E, Aslani F, Griffith GW, Lumbsch TH, Grossart H-P, Masigol H, Timling I, Hiiesalu I, Oja J, Kupagme JY, Geml J, Alvarez-Manjarrez J, Ilves K, Loit K, Adamson K, Nara K, Küngas K, Rojas-Jimenez K, Bitenieks K, Irinyi L, Nagy LL, Soonvald L, Zhou L-W, Wagner L, Aime MC, Öpik M, Mujica MI, Metsoja M, Ryberg M, Vasar M, Murata M, Nelsen MP, Cleary M, Samarakoon MC, Doilom M, Bahram M, Hagh-Doust N, Dulya O, Johnston P, Kohout P, Chen Q, Tian Q, Nandi R, Amiri R, Perera RH, dos Santos Chikowski R, Mendes-Alvarenga RL, Garibay-Orijel R, Gielen R, Phookamsak R, Jayawardena RS, Rahimlou S, Karunarathna SC, Tibpromma S, Brown SP, Sepp S-K, Mundra S, Luo Z-H, Bose T, Vahter T, Netherway T, Yang T, May T, Varga T, Li W, Coimbra VRM, de Oliveira VRT, de Lima VX, Mikryukov VS, Lu Y, Matsuda Y, Miyamoto Y, Kõljalg U, Tedersoo L. (2021) FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles. Fungal Diversity., 105, 1-16.

  • Straumfors A., Mundra S., Foss A.H., Fuss J., Mollerup S., and Kauserud H. (2021) The airborne mycobiome and associations with mycotoxins and inflammatory markers in the Norwegian grain industry. Scientific reports (IF: 4.0)

  • Danielsen J.S., Morgado L., Mundra S., Nybakken L., Davey M. and Kauserud H. (2021)  Establishment of spruce plantation in native birch forests reduces soil fungal diversity. FEMS Microbiology Ecology (IF: 3.7)

  • Wutkowska. M., Ehrich D., Mundra S., Vader A. and Eidesen P.B (2021) Can root-associated fungi mediate the impact of abiotic conditions on the growth of a High Arctic herb? Soil Biology and Biochemistry (IF: 5.8)

  • Elmahi Y., Alshamsi M., Sudalaimuthuasari N., Kundu B., AlMaskari R., Hazzouri K, Chandran S., Malik S., Mundra S., and Amiri K. (2021) The complete genome sequence of Pseudomonas atacamensis strain SM1 and Pseudomonas toyotomiensis strain SM2, isolated from the date palm rhizosphere. Microbiology Resource Announcement (IF: 0.8)

2020

  • Botnen S.B.# , Mundra S. #, Kauserud H., Eidesen P.B. (2020) Glacier retreat in the High Arctic: Opportunity or threat for ectomycorrhizal diversity? FEMS Microbiology Ecology, fiaa171 (IF: 4.1) #Shared first authors

  • Větrovský T., Morais D., Hohout P., Lepinay C., Gallardo C.A., Hollá S.A., Bahnmann B.D., Bílohnědá K., Brabcová V., D'Alò F., Human Z.R., Jomura M., Kolařík M., Kvasničková M., Lladó S., López-Mondéjar R., Martinović T., Mašínová T., Meszárošová L., Michalčíková L., Michalová T., Mundra S., Navrátilová D., Odriozola I., Piché-Choquette S., Štursová M., Švec1 K., Tláskal V., Urbanová M., Vlk L., Voříšková J., Žifčáková L. and Baldrian P. (2020) GlobalFungi: Global database of fungal records from high-throughput-sequencing metabarcoding studies. Scientific Data, 7(1), 1-14

2019

  • Straumfors A., Foss A.H., Fuss J., Mollerup S, Kauserud H. and Mundra S. (2019) Exposure characterization and diversity of the inhalable mycobiome of sawmill workers. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 85 (21), e01448-19  

  • Botnen S.S., Davey M.L., Aas B.A., Carlsen T., Thoen E., Heegaard E., Vik U., Dresch P., Mundra S., Taylor A.F.S., Kauserud H. (2019) Biogeography of plant root associated fungal communities in the North-Atlantic region mirrors climatic variability. Journal of Biogeography, 46 (7), 1532-1546

2018

  • Bahram M., Hildebrand F., Forsland K., Anderson J.L., Soudzilovskaia N.A., Bodegom P.M., Anslan S., Bengtsson-Palme J., Coelho L.P., Harend H., Maltz M.R., Mundra S., Olsson P.A., Pent M, Põlme S., Sunagawa S., Ryberg M., Tedersoo L. and Bork P. (2018) Structure and function of the global topsoil microbiome. Nature 560, 233-237

  • Wutkowska. M., Vader A., Mundra S., Cooper E.J. and Eidesen P.B. (2018) Dead or alive; or does it really matter? Level of congruency between trophic modes in total and active fungal communities in High Arctic soil. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, 3243

  • Jacobsen M.J., Sverdrup-Thygeson A., Kauserud H., Mundra S. and Birkemoe T. (2018) Exclusion of invertebrates influences saprotrophic fungal community and wood decay rate in an experimental field study. Functional Ecology

  • Paul F., Schmitt I., Otte J., Mundra S.* and Balint M.* (2018) Pathogen without borders: Sphaerulina populicola is genetically diverse and spreads freely through the host tree´s range. PeerJ Preprints, 6:e26985v1; https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26985v1 *Shared senior authors

2017

  • Lorberau K, Botnen S.S., Mundra S., Aas A.B., Rozema J., Eidesen P.B., and Kauserud H. (2017) Does warming by open-top chambers induce change in the root-associated fungal community of the arctic dwarf-shrub Cassiope tetragona (Ericaceae)? Mycorrhiza 27:5, 513-524

2016

  • Mundra S., Bahram M and Eidesen PB (2016) Alpine bistort (Bistorta vivipara) in edge habitats associates with fewer but distinct ectomycorrhizal fungal species: a comparative study of three contrasting soil environments in Svalbard. Mycorrhiza. 26:8, 809-818

  • Mundra S., Halvorsen R, Kaserusd H, Bahram M, Tedersoo L, Elberling B, Cooper EJ and Eidesen PB (2016) Ectomycorrhizal and saptrotrophic fungi respond differently to long-term experimentally increased snow depth in the High-Arctic Archipelago Svalbard. MicrobiologyOpen. 5:5, 856-869

2015

  • Mundra S., Bahram M, Tedersoo L, Kaserusd H, Halvorsen R, and Eidesen PB (2015) Temporal variation of Bistorta vivipara-associated ectomycorrhizal fungal communities in the High-Arctic. Molecular Ecology, 24, 6289-6302.

  • Mundra S., (2015) Richness and community structure of High Arctic fungi through space and time explored using high-throughput sequencing. PhD thesis, University of Oslo.

2014

  • Mundra S., Halvorsen R, Kauserud H, Muller E, Vik U, Eidesen PB (2014) Arctic fungal communities associated with roots of Bistorta vivipara do not respond to the same fine-scale edaphic gradients as the above-ground vegetation. New Phytologist, 205:4, 1587–1597.

Before 2013

  • Mundra S., Arora R and Stobdan T (2011) Solubilization of insoluble inorganic phosphates by a novel temperature-, pH-, and salt- tolerant yeast, Rhodotorula sp. PS4, isolated from seabuckthorn rhizosphere, growing in cold desert of Ladakh, India. World J Microbiol Biotechnol, 27, 2387–2396.

  • Arora R., Mundra S., Yadav A., Srivastava R.B. and Stobdan T. (2012) Antimicrobial activity of seed, pomace and leaf extracts of sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) against foodborne and food spoilage pathogens. African Journal of Biotechnology, 11:45, 10424-10430.

  • Ali Z., Korekar G., Mundra S., Yadav A. and Stobdan T. (2011) Quality attributes of seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) squash during storage. Indian Journal of Horticulture. 64:4, 479-483.

  • Targais K., Stobdan T., Mundra S., Ali Z., Yadav A., Korekar G. and Singh S.B. (2012) Chhang: barley based alcoholic beverage of Ladakh, India. Ind. J. of Traditional Knowledge. 11:1, 190-193.

  • Stobdan T., Chaurasia O.P., Korekar G., Mundra S., Ali Z., Yadav A. and Singh S.B. (2010) Attributes of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) to Meet Nutritional Requirements in High Altitude. Defence Science Journal, 60:2, 226-230.

  • Stobdan T., Korekar G., Chaurasia O.P., Balaji B., Yadav A., Dwivedi S.K., Targais K., Mundra S., Srivastava R.B.  (2012) Seabuckthorn Production for Greening and Sustainable Income Generation in Cold Desert of India.

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