Older Publications

Bever, J. D. and J. B. Morton. 1999. Heritable variation of spore shape in a population of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: Suggestions of a novel mechanism of inheritance. Am. J. Bot. 86:1209-1216.

Kennedy, J. L., J. C. Stutz, and J. B. Morton. 1999. Glomus eburneum and G. luteum, two previously undescribed species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, with emendation of G. spurcum. Mycologia 91:1083-1093.

Morton, J. B. 1999. Evolution of endophytism in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of Glomales. pp. 121-140. In: Microbial Endophytes. Bacon, C. W. and White, J. H. Eds., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York.

Schultz, P. A., J. D. Bever, and J. B. Morton. 1999. Acaulospora colossica sp. nov. from an old field in North Carolina and morphological comparisons with similar species, A. laevis and A. koskei. Mycologia 91:676-683.

Stürmer, S. L. and J. B. Morton. 1999. Scutellospora rubra, a new arbuscular mycorrhizal species from Brazil. Mycological Research 103:949-954.

Stürmer, S. L. and J. B. Morton. 1999. Taxonomic reinterpretation of morphological characters in Acaulosporaceae based on developmental patterns. Mycologia 849-857.

Bentivenga, S. P., J. D. Bever, and J. B. Morton. 1997. Genetic variation of morphological characters within a single isolate of the endomycorrhizal fungus, Glomus clarum. Am. J. Bot. 84: 1211-1216.

Morton, J. B., J. D. Bever, and F. L. Pfleger. 1997. Taxonomy of Acaulospora gerdemannii and Glomus leptotichum, synanamorphs of an anamorphic fungus in Glomales. Mycol. Res. 101: 625-631.

Morton, J. B. 1997. The Fungi. In: Principles and Applications of Soil Microbiology, D.M. Sylvia, J.F. Fuhrmann, P.G. Hartel, and D.A. Zuberer (eds.), Prentice-Hall, Inc., New York.

Stürmer, S. L. and J. B. Morton. 1997. Developmental patterns defining morphological characters in spores of four species in Glomus (Glomales, Zygomycetes). Mycologia 89:72-81.

Bentivenga, S. P. and J. B. Morton. 1996. Congruence of fatty acid methyl ester profiles and morphological characters of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Gigasporaceae. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 93:559-5662.

Bever, J. D., J. B. Morton, J. Antonovics, and P. A. Schultz. 1996. Host-dependent sporulation and species diversity of arbuscular fungi in a mown grassland. J. Ecol. 84:71-82.

Morton, J. B. 1996. Redescription of Glomus caledonium based on correspondence of spore morphological characters in type specimens and a living reference culture. Mycorrhiza 6:161-166.

Morton, J. B. 1996. Mycorrhizae. pp. 324-327. In: McGraw-Hill 1997 Yearbook of Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill Co., New York.

Stutz, J. and J. B. Morton. 1996. Successive pot cultures reveal high species richness of indigenous arbuscular endomycorrhizal fungi in arid ecosystems. Canad. J. Bot. 74:1883-1889.

Wright, S. F., M. Franke-Snyder, J. B. Morton, and A. Upadhyaya. 1996. Time-course study and partial characterization of a protein on hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi during active colonization of roots. Plant Soil 181:193-203.

Bentivenga, S. P. and J. B. Morton. 1995. A monograph of the genus Gigaspora, incorporating developmental patterns of morphological characters. Mycologia 87: 720-732.

Graham, J. H., N. C. Hodge, and J. B. Morton. 1995. Fatty acid methyl ester profiles for characterization of glomalean fungi and their endomycorrhizae. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:58-64. 

Morton, J. B. 1995. Taxonomic and phylogenetic divergence among five Scutellospora species based on comparative developmental sequences. Mycologia 87: 127-137. 

Morton, J. B., S. P. Bentivenga, and J. D. Bever. 1995. Discovery, measurement, and interpretation of diversity in symbiotic endomycorrhizal fungi (Glomales, Zygomycetes). Can. J. Bot. 73 (supplement 1): S25-S32.

Bentivenga, S. P. and J. B. Morton. 1994. Stability and heritability of fatty acid methyl ester profiles of glomalean endomycorrhizal fungi. Mycol. Res. 98: 1419-1426.

Bentivenga, S. P. and J. B. Morton. 1994. Systematics of glomalean endomycorrhizal fungi: Current views and future directions. pp. 283-308 In: Mycorrhizae and Plant Health. Pfleger, F. L. and R. G. Linderman, eds. APS Press, St. Paul, MN.

Franke, M. and J. B. Morton. 1994. Ontogenetic comparisons of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Scutellospora heterogama and Scutellospora pellucida: Revision of taxonomic character concepts, species descriptions, and phylogenetic hypotheses. Can. J. Bot. 72: 122-134.

Gianinazzi-Pearson, V., M-C. Lemoine, C. Arnould, A. Gollotte, and J. B. Morton. 1994. Localization of beta (1-3) glucans in spore and hyphal walls of fungi in the Glomales. Mycologia 86: 478-485.

Morton, J. B. and S. P. Bentivenga. 1994. Levels of diversity in endomycorrhizal fungi (Glomales, Zygomycetes) and their role in defining taxonomic and nontaxonomic groups. Plant Soil 159: 47-59. 

Morton, J. B., M. Franke, and S. P. Bentivenga. 1994. Developmental foundations for morphological diversity among endomycorrhizal fungi in Glomales (Zygomycetes). pp. 669-683 In: Mycorrhiza: Structure, Function, Molecular Biology, and Biotechnology. Varma, A. and B. Hock, eds. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

Morton, J. B. 1993. Problems and solutions for the integration of glomalean taxonomy, systematic biology, and the study of mycorrhizal phenomena. Mycorrhiza 2: 97-109.

Morton, J. B., S. P. Bentivenga, and W. W. Wheeler. 1993. Germ plasm in the International Collection of Arbuscular and Vesicular-arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (INVAM) and procedures for culture development, documentation, and storage. Mycotaxon 48: 491-528.

Sylvia, D.M., D. O. Wilson, J. M. Graham, J. J. Maddox, P. Millner, J. B. Morton, H. D. Skipper, S. F. Wright, and A. Jarfster. 1993. Evaluation of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in diverse plants and soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 25:705-713.

Morton, J. B., M. Franke, and G. Cloud. 1992. The nature of fungal species in Glomales and their role in endomycorrhizal associations. pp. 65-73 In: Mycorrhizas in Ecosystems. Read, D. J., D. H. Lewis, A. Fitter, and I. Alexander, eds. CABI, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.

Morton, J. B. 1990. Evolutionary relationships among arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the Endogonaceae. Mycologia 82:192-207.

Morton, J. B. 1990. Species and clones of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomales, Zygomycetes): their role in macro- and microevolutionary processes. Mycotaxon 37:493-515.

Morton, J. B. and G. L. Benny. 1990. Revised classification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Zygomycetes): A new order, Glomales, two new suborders, Glomineae and Gigasporineae, and two new families, Acaulosporaceae and Gigasporaceae, with an emendation of Glomaceae. Mycotaxon 37:471-491.

Morton, J. B., J. E. Yarger, and S. F. Wright. 1990. Soil solution phosphorus requirement for nodulation and nitrogen fixation in mycorrhizal and nonmycorrhizal red clover ( Trifolium pratense L.). Soil Biol. Biochem. 22:128-129.