Prof. Dr. Mika Tarkka
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Prof. Dr. Mika Tarkka
Senior Scientist
Department of Ecology of Agroecosystems
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Theodor-Lieser-Strasse 4 | D-06120 Halle/Saale
Germany
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+49 (0)341 60254221
mika.tarkka@ufz.de
Research interest
Plant beneficial micro-organisms
My scientific work is devoted to answering the question how soil microorganisms affect plant growth and stress resistance, and whether these interactions can be used to benefit plant health. In particular, my colleagues and I work with micro-organisms associated with maize, barley and pedunculate oak, and our models of biotic interactions include rhizosphere bacteria, mycorrhizal fungi and pathogens. Our current work assesses the physiology and molecular interactions from both the host plant’s and the interacting organisms’ point of view. While much of the current work focusses on genome regulation, my colleagues and I have also performed analyses on soil bacterial communities influencing plant and fungal resistance against parasites, and playing out in decomposition and nutrient mobilisation. My main motivation in this research field is to contribute to the assessment of the overall impact of microorganisms on plant health, and to assess the existing uses of microbes for improved plant production. Overall, I believe that combination of model systems with field work pave the way for a novel, more dynamic view on plant-microbe interactions.
Current position
since 2007
Senior Scientist in Plant Microbe Interactions at the Department of Soil Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Curriculum Vitae
2001-2007
Research Associate at the University of Tübingen, Dept. of Physiological Ecology of Plants.
Projects: Modulation of fungal virulence and symbiosis with soil bacteria (with R. Hampp).
Horizontal gene transfer in ectomycorrhiza and Biological safety of transgenic poplars overproducing glutathione (with U. Nehls)
2001
Ph. D. thesis: Developmentally regulated proteins in Scots pine roots and ectomycorrhiza. Supervisor: Marjatta Raudaskoski
1995
M. Sc. Major subject plant physiology, minor subjects biochemistry and general chemistry.
Projects
- "Spatial and temporal analysis of maize root gene expression to elucidate how the maize interacts with the rhizosphere microbiome and the environment"
Web: GEPRIS
Subproject of SPP 2089: Rhizosphere Spatiotemporal Organisation - a Key to Rhizosphere Functions
Web: SPP 2089
PhD student: Henrike Würsig, 2022-2025
Co-Investigator: Prof. Anna Heintz-Buschart (University of Amsterdam, UVA)
- "A drought tolerant synthetic bacterial community for barley"
Web: GEPRIS
Subproject of SPP 2125: Deconstruction and Reconstruction of the Plant Microbiota "DECRyPT"
Web: SPP 2125
PhD student: Linda Rigerte, 2022-2025
Co-Investigators: Prof. Anna Heintz-Buschart (University of Amsterdam, UVA),
Dr. Thomas Reitz
- "GLIMPSE - Global change impacts on microbiota-plant-soil processes relevant for water and matter cycling in agricultural ecosystems"
Web: GLIMPSE
Platform: Global Change Experimental Facility (GCEF)
PhD student: Mengqi Wu, 2022-2025
Co-Investigators: Dr. Steffen Schlüter (PI, Dep. BOSYS),
Prof. Doris Vetterlein (Dep. BOSYS) - "Effects of impaired soil P and N stoichiometries on plant symbioses with microorganisms"
Document: Resource stoichiometry and mycorrhizal symbiosis
Platform: Static Fertilization Experiment Bad Lauchstädt
PhD student: Cheng Peng, 2023-2027
Co-Investigators: Dr. Thomas Reitz & Dr. Kezia Goldmann (BOOEK) - "Adaptation and acclimation of the clonal oak's ectomycorrhizal fungi to biotic and abiotic environmental factors"
Web: DFG Research Unit PhytOakmeter, SP 5
Platform: PhytOakmeter
PhD student: Erik Teutloff, 2023-2027
Research platforms
PhytOakmeter
The PhytOakmeter platform was created by planting pedunculate oak DF159 trees along a geographic gradient in Europe. It used to investigate the adaptation of the oak trees and the associated organisms to different climates, soils, and land use types.
Global Change Experimental Facility (GCEF)
The GCEF is a field experiment at the UFZ research station Bad Lauchstädt, used for the investigation of the impacts of climate change and land use scenarios on ecosystem processes.
Selected publications
Ganther, M., Lippold, E., Bienert, M.D., Bouffaud, M.-L., Bauer, M., Baumann, L., Bienert, G.P., Vetterlein, D., Heintz-Buschart, A., Tarkka, M.T. (2022) Plant Age and Soil Texture Rather Than the Presence of Root Hairs Cause Differences in Maize Resource Allocation and Root Gene Expression in the Field. Plants 11, 2883
Tarkka, M.T., Grams, T.E.E., Angay, O., Kurth, F., Maboreke, H.R., Mailänder, S., Bönn, M., Feldhahn, L., Fleischmann, F., Ruess, L., Schädler, M., Scheu, S., Schrey, S.D., Buscot, F., Herrmann, S. (2021) Ectomycorrhizal fungus supports endogenous rhythmic growth and corresponding resource allocation in oak during various below- and aboveground biotic interactions. Scientific Reports 11, 23680
Breitkreuz, C., Herzig, L., Buscot, F., Reitz, T., Tarkka, M. (2021) Interactions between soil properties, agricultural management and cultivar type drive structural and functional adaptations of the wheat rhizosphere microbiome to drought. Environmental Microbiology 23, 5866-5882
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- Martín Roldán, M., Fasching, C., Muehe, E.M., Vetterlein, D., Tarkka, M.T., Blagodatskaya, E. (2025):
Root hair-deficient mutant of maize promoted an increase in C and N in loamy soil after 5 years of monoculture
Biol. Fert. Soils
10.1007/s00374-025-01949-7
Artikel in ISI-gelisteten Zeitschriften (83)
- Tabbasum, S., Yahya, M., Zia, M., ul Haq, M., Anwar, S., Azeem Khan, U., Mahreen, N., Ejaz, K., Tarkka, M.T., Yasmin, S. (2026):
Spatial heterogeneity of soil phosphorus (P) influencing bacterial functional adaptations in alkaline calcareous soils
Front. Microbiol. 16 , art. 1720323
10.3389/fmicb.2025.1720323 - Albracht, C., Buscot, F., Eisenhauer, N., Gebler, A., Herrmann, S., Schmidt, A., Tarkka, M., Goldmann, K. (2025):
Invertebrate decline has minimal effects on oak-associated microbiomes
Environ. Microbiol. 27 (2), e70051
10.1111/1462-2920.70051 - Fernández, I., Bouffaud, M.-L., Martínez-Medina, A., Schädler, M., Tarkka, M.T., Weinhold, A., van Dam, N.M., Herrmann, S., Buscot, F. (2025):
Endogenous rhythmic growth and ectomycorrhizal fungi modulate priming of antiherbivore defences in subsequently formed new leaves of oak trees
J. Ecol. 113 (6), 1382 - 1396
10.1111/1365-2745.14263 - Ghaderi, N., Ibrahim, Z., Guber, A., Khosrozadeh, S., Guliyev, V., Tarkka, M., Blagodatskaya, E. (2025):
High-resolution sampling for enhanced spatial analysis of microbial growth and enzyme activity in the rhizosphere
Rhizosphere 34 , art. 101062
10.1016/j.rhisph.2025.101062 - Hartwig, R.P., Santangeli, M., Würsig, H., Martín Roldán, M., Yim, B., Lippold, E., Tasca, A., Oburger, E., Tarkka, M., Vetterlein, D., Bienert, P., Blagodatskaya, E., Smalla, K., Hause, B., Wimmer, M.A. (2025):
Drought response of the maize plant–soil–microbiome system is influenced by plant size and presence of root hairs
Ann. Bot. 136 (5-6), 1013 - 1030
10.1093/aob/mcaf033 - Martín Roldán, M., Würsig, H., Tarkka, M.T., Hartwig, R.P., Wimmer, M.A., Blagodatskaya, E. (2025):
Maize roots modulate microbial functional traits in the rhizosphere to mitigate drought stress
Soil Biol. Biochem. 207 , art. 109837
10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109837 - Philipp, L., Blagodatskaya, E., Tarkka, M., Reitz, T. (2025):
Soil microbial communities are more disrupted by extreme drought than by gradual climate shifts under different land-use intensities
Front. Microbiol. 16 , art. 1649443
10.3389/fmicb.2025.1649443 - Philipp, L., Sünnemann, M., Schädler, M., Blagodatskaya, E., Tarkka, M., Eisenhauer, N., Reitz, T. (2025):
Soil depth shapes the microbial response to land use and climate change in agroecosystems
Appl. Soil Ecol. 209 , art. 106025
10.1016/j.apsoil.2025.106025 - Purahong, W., Tanunchai, B., Ji, L., Stellmach, H., Hilman, B., Schulze, E.-D., Hause, B., Tarkka, M., Buscot, F., Herrmann, S. (2025):
Plasticity of symbiotroph-saprotroph lifestyles of Piloderma croceum associated with Quercus robur L.
Commun. Biol. 8 , art. 1344
10.1038/s42003-025-08762-w - Quiroga-González, C.A., Prada-Salcedo, L.D., Buscot, F., Tarkka, M., Herrmann, S., Bouffaud, M.-L., Goldmann, K. (2025):
Severe drought impacts tree traits and associated soil microbial communities of clonal oaks
Environ. Microbiome 20 , art. 63
10.1186/s40793-025-00720-7 - Saberi Riseh, R., Fathi, F., Gholizadeh Vazvani, M., Tarkka, M.T. (2025):
Plant colonization by biocontrol bacteria and improved plant health: A review
Front. Biosci. 30 (1), art. 23223
10.31083/FBL23223 - Sánchez, N., Merbach, I., Drabesch, S., Blagodatskaya, E., Jamoteau, F., Keiluweit, M., Bachelder, J., Tarkka, M., Muehe, E.M. (2025):
Bioavailability and phyto-extractability of metals in a peat-amended agricultural soil under climate stress
J. Environ. Manage. 394 , art. 127167
10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127167 - Würsig, H., Yim, B., Martín Roldán, M., Ghaderi, N., Stoll, F., Bouffaud, M.-L., Vetterlein, D., Reitz, T., Blagodatskaya, E., Smalla, K., Tarkka, M. (2025):
Responses of maize roots, rhizosphere enzyme kinetics, and prokaryote diversity to alternating precipitation: Insights from a three-year field study
Ann. Bot. 136 (5-6), 1081 - 1099
10.1093/aob/mcaf180 - Zimmermann, F., Bouffaud, M.-L., Herrmann, S., Göttig, M., Graf, R., Tarkka, M., Opgenoorth, L., Croll, D., Peter, M., Dauphin, B. (2025):
An ectomycorrhizal fungus alters developmental progression during endogenous rhythmic growth in pedunculate oak
Mycorrhiza 35 (5), art. 57
10.1007/s00572-025-01228-1 - Aleksza, D., Spiridon, A., Tarkka, M., Hauser, M.-T., Hann, S., Causon, T., Kratena, N., Stanetty, C., George, T.S., Russell, J., Oburger, E. (2024):
Phytosiderophore pathway response in barley exposed to iron, zinc or copper starvation
Plant Sci. 339 , art. 111919
10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111919 - Rasul, M., Yahya, M., Suleman, M., Hakim, S., Mirza, B.S., Mirza, M.S., Reitz, T., Tarkka, M.T., Yasmin, S. (2024):
Diversity and functional traits based indigenous rhizosphere associated phosphate solubilizing bacteria for sustainable production of rice
Front. Microbiol. 15 , art. 1470019
10.3389/fmicb.2024.1470019 - Aallam, Y., Dhiba, D., El Rasafi, T., Abbas, Y., Haddioui, A., Tarkka, M., Hamdali, H. (2023):
Assessment of two endemic rock phosphate solubilizing Streptomyces spp. on sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) growth under field conditions
Sci. Hortic. 316 , art. 112033
10.1016/j.scienta.2023.112033 - Rüger, L., Ganther, M., Freudenthal, J., Jansa, J., Heintz-Buschart, A., Tarkka, M.T., Bonkowski, M. (2023):
Root cap is an important determinant of rhizosphere microbiome assembly
New Phytol. 239 (4), 1434 - 1448
10.1111/nph.19002 - Aallam, Y., Dhiba, D., El Rasafi, T., Lemriss, S., Haddioui, A., Tarkka, M., Hamdali, H. (2022):
Growth promotion and protection against root rot of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) by two rock phosphate and potassium solubilizing Streptomyces spp. under greenhouse conditions
Plant Soil 472 (1-2), 407 - 420
10.1007/s11104-021-05252-w - Ebrahimi-Zarandi, M., Saberi Riseh, R., Tarkka, M.T. (2022):
Actinobacteria as effective biocontrol agents against plant pathogens, an overview on their role in eliciting plant defense
Microorganisms 10 (9), art. 1739
10.3390/microorganisms10091739 - Ganther, M., Lippold, E., Bienert, M.D., Bouffaud, M.-L., Bauer, M., Baumann, L., Bienert, G.P., Vetterlein, D., Heintz-Buschart, A., Tarkka, M.T. (2022):
Plant age and soil texture rather than the presence of root hairs cause differences in maize resource allocation and root gene expression in the field
Plants 11 (21), art. 2883
10.3390/plants11212883 - Ganther, M., Vetterlein, D., Heintz-Buschart, A., Tarkka, M.T. (2022):
Transcriptome sequencing analysis of maize roots reveals the effects of substrate and root hair formation in a spatial context
Plant Soil 478 (1-2), 211 - 228
10.1007/s11104-021-04921-0 - Gebauer, L., Breitkreuz, C., Heintz-Buschart, A., Reitz, T., Buscot, F., Tarkka, M.T., Bouffaud, M.-L. (2022):
Water deficit history selects plant beneficial soil bacteria differently under conventional and organic farming
Front. Microbiol. 13 , art. 824437
10.3389/fmicb.2022.824437 - Jurburg, S.D., Buscot, F., Chatzinotas, A., Chaudhari, N.M., Clark, A.T., Garbowski, M., Grenié, M., Hom, E.F.Y., Karakoç, C., Marr, S., Neumann, S., Tarkka, M., van Dam, N.M., Weinhold, A., Heintz-Buschart, A. (2022):
The community ecology perspective of omics data
Microbiome 10 , art. 225
10.1186/s40168-022-01423-8 - Karimi, E., Aliasgharzad, N., Esfandiari, E., Hassanpouraghdam, M.B., Neu, T.R., Buscot, F., Reitz, T., Breitkreuz, C., Tarkka, M.T. (2022):
Biofilm forming rhizobacteria affect the physiological and biochemical responses of wheat to drought
AMB Express 12 , art. 93
10.1186/s13568-022-01432-8 - Vetterlein, D., Phalempin, M., Lippold, E., Schlüter, S., Schreiter, S., Ahmed, M.A., Carminati, A., Duddek, P., Jorda, H., Bienert, G.P., Bienert, M.D., Tarkka, M., Ganther, M., Oburger, E., Santangeli, M., Javaux, M., Vanderborght, J. (2022):
Root hairs matter at field scale for maize shoot growth and nutrient uptake, but root trait plasticity is primarily triggered by texture and drought
Plant Soil 478 (1-2), 119 - 141
10.1007/s11104-022-05434-0 - Yahya, M., Rasul, M., Sarwar, Y., Suleman, M., Tariq, M., Hussain, S.Z., Sajid, Z.I., Imran, A., Amin, I., Reitz, T., Tarkka, M.T., Yasmin, S. (2022):
Designing synergistic biostimulants formulation containing autochthonous phosphate solubilizing bacteria for sustainable wheat production
Front. Microbiol. 13 , art. 889073
10.3389/fmicb.2022.889073 - Yim, B., Ibrahim, Z., Krüger, L., Ganther, M., Maccario, L., Sørensen, S.J., Heintz-Buschart, A., Tarkka, M.T., Vetterlein, D., Bonkowski, M., Blagodatskaya, E., Smalla, K. (2022):
Soil texture is a stronger driver of the maize rhizosphere microbiome and extracellular enzyme activities than soil depth or the presence of root hairs
Plant Soil 478 (1-2), 229 - 251
10.1007/s11104-022-05618-8 - Aallam, Y., El Maliki, B., Dhiba, D., Lemriss, S., Souiri, A., Haddioui, A., Tarkka, M., Hamdali, H. (2021):
Multiple potential plant growth promotion activities of endemic Streptomyces spp. from Moroccan sugar beet fields with their inhibitory activities against Fusarium spp.
Microorganisms 9 (7), art. 1429
10.3390/microorganisms9071429 - Blagodatskaya, E., Tarkka, M., Knief, C., Koller, R., Peth, S., Schmidt, V., Spielvogel, S., Uteau, D., Weber, M., Razavi, B.S. (2021):
Bridging microbial functional traits with localized process rates at soil interfaces
Front. Microbiol. 12 , art. 625697
10.3389/fmicb.2021.625697 - Bonkowski, M., Tarkka, M., Razavi, B.S., Schmidt, H., Blagodatskaya, E., Koller, R., Yu, P., Knief, C., Hochholdinger, F., Vetterlein, D. (2021):
Spatiotemporal dynamics of maize (Zea mays L.) root growth and its potential consequences for the assembly of the rhizosphere microbiota
Front. Microbiol. 12 , art. 619499
10.3389/fmicb.2021.619499 - Breitkreuz, C., Heintz-Buschart, A., Buscot, F., Wahdan, S.F.M., Tarkka, M., Reitz, T. (2021):
Can we estimate functionality of soil microbial communities from structure-derived predictions? A reality test in agricultural soils
Microbiol. Spectr. 9 (1), e00278-21
10.1128/Spectrum.00278-21 - Breitkreuz, C., Herzig, L., Buscot, F., Reitz, T., Tarkka, M. (2021):
Interactions between soil properties, agricultural management and cultivar type drive structural and functional adaptations of the wheat rhizosphere microbiome to drought
Environ. Microbiol. 23 (10), 5866 - 5882
10.1111/1462-2920.15607 - Breitkreuz, C., Reitz, T., Schulz, E., Tarkka, M.T. (2021):
Drought and plant community composition affect the metabolic and genotypic diversity of Pseudomonas strains in grassland soils
Microorganisms 9 (8), art. 1677
10.3390/microorganisms9081677 - Gebauer, L., Bouffaud, M.-L., Ganther, M., Yim, B., Vetterlein, D., Smalla, K., Buscot, F., Heintz-Buschart, A., Tarkka, M. (2021):
Soil texture, sampling depth and root hairs shape the structure of ACC deaminase bacterial community composition in maize rhizosphere
Front. Microbiol. 12 , art. 616828
10.3389/fmicb.2021.616828 - Rasul, M., Yasmin, S., Yahya, A., Breitkreuz, C., Tarkka, M., Reitz, T. (2021):
The wheat growth-promoting traits of Ochrobactrum and Pantoea species, responsible for solubilization of different P sources, are ensured by genes encoding enzymes of multiple P-releasing pathways
Microbiol. Res. 246 , art. 126703
10.1016/j.micres.2021.126703 - Reuter, R., Ferlian, O., Tarkka, M., Eisenhauer, N., Pritsch, K., Simon, J. (2021):
Tree species rather than type of mycorrhizal association drive inorganic and organic nitrogen acquisition in tree-tree interactions
Tree Physiol. 41 (11), 2096 - 2108
10.1093/treephys/tpab059 - Tarkka, M.T., Bonkowski, M., Ge, T., Knief, C., Razavi, B.S., Vetterlein, D. (2021):
Editorial: Rhizosphere spatiotemporal organisation
Front. Plant Sci. 12 , art. 795136
10.3389/fpls.2021.795136 - Tarkka, M.T., Grams, T.E.E., Angay, O., Kurth, F., Maboreke, H.R., Mailänder, S., Bönn, M., Feldhahn, L., Fleischmann, F., Ruess, L., Schädler, M., Scheu, S., Schrey, S.D., Buscot, F., Herrmann, S. (2021):
Ectomycorrhizal fungus supports endogenous rhythmic growth and corresponding resource allocation in oak during various below- and aboveground biotic interactions
Sci. Rep. 11 , art. 23680
10.1038/s41598-021-03132-y - Vetterlein, D., Lippold, E., Schreiter, S., Phalempin, M., Fahrenkampf, T., Hochholdinger, F., Marcon, C., Tarkka, M.T., Oburger, E., Ahmed, M., Javaux, M., Schlüter, S. (2021):
Experimental platforms for the investigation of spatiotemporal patterns in the rhizosphere—laboratory and field scale
J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 184 (1), 35 - 50
10.1002/jpln.202000079 - Bouffaud, M.-L., Herrmann, S., Tarkka, M.T., Bönn, M., Feldhahn, L., Buscot, F. (2020):
Oak displays common local but specific distant gene regulation responses to different mycorrhizal fungi
BMC Genomics 21 , art. 399
10.1186/s12864-020-06806-5 - Breitkreuz, C., Buscot, F., Tarkka, M., Reitz, T. (2020):
Shifts between and among populations of wheat rhizosphere Pseudomonas, Streptomyces and Phyllobacterium suggest consistent phosphate mobilization at different wheat growth stages under abiotic stress
Front. Microbiol. 10 , art. 3109
10.3389/fmicb.2019.03109 - Ganther, M., Yim, B., Ibrahim, Z., Bienert, M.D., Lippold, E., Maccario, L., Sørensen, S.J., Bienert, G.P., Vetterlein, D., Heintz-Buschart, A., Blagodatskaya, E., Smalla, K., Tarkka, M.T. (2020):
Compatibility of X-ray computed tomography with plant gene expression profiling, rhizosphere bacterial community composition and enzyme activity analyses
J. Exp. Bot. 71 (18), 5603 - 5614
10.1093/jxb/eraa262 - Hamid, M., Reitz, T., Joseph, M.R.P., Hommel, K., Mahgoub, A., Elhassan, M.M., Buscot, F., Tarkka, M. (2020):
Diversity and geographic distribution of soil streptomycetes with antagonistic potential against actinomycetoma-causing Streptomyces sudanensis in Sudan and South Sudan
BMC Microbiol. 20 , art. 33
10.1186/s12866-020-1717-y - Larras, F., Billoir, E., Scholz, S., Tarkka, M., Wubet, T., Delignette-Muller, M.-L., Schmitt-Jansen, M. (2020):
A multi-omics concentration-response framework uncovers novel understanding of triclosan effects in the chlorophyte Scenedesmus vacuolatus
J. Hazard. Mater. 397 , art. 122727
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122727 - Bacht, M., Tarkka, M.T., Fernández López, I., Bönn, M., Brandl, R., Buscot, F., Feldhahn, L., Grams, T.E.E., Herrmann, S., Schädler, M. (2019):
Tree response to herbivory is affected by endogenous rhythmic growth and attenuated by cotreatment with a mycorrhizal fungus
Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 32 (6), 770 - 781
10.1094/MPMI-10-18-0290-R - Graf, M., Bönn, M., Feldhahn, L., Kurth, F., Grams, T.E.E., Herrmann, S., Tarkka, M., Buscot, F., Scheu, S. (2019):
Collembola interact with mycorrhizal fungi in modifying oak morphology, C and N incorporation and transcriptomics
R. Soc. Open Sci. 6 (3), art. 181869
10.1098/rsos.181869 - Rasul, M., Yasmin, S., Suleman, M., Zaheer, A., Reitz, T., Tarkka, M.T., Islam, E., Mirza, M.S. (2019):
Glucose dehydrogenase gene containing phosphobacteria for biofortification of Phosphorus with growth promotion of rice
Microbiol. Res. 223–225 , 1 - 12
10.1016/j.micres.2019.03.004 - Ferlian, O., Biere, A., Bonfante, P., Buscot, F., Eisenhauer, N., Fernandez, I., Hause, B., Herrmann, S., Krajinski-Barth, F., Meier, I.C., Pozo, M.J., Rasmann, S., Rillig, M.C., Tarkka, M.T., van Dam, N.M., Wagg, C., Martinez-Medina, A. (2018):
Growing research networks on mycorrhizae for mutual benefits
Trends Plant Sci. 23 (11), 975 - 984
10.1016/j.tplants.2018.08.008 - Larras, F., Billoir, E., Baillard, V., Siberchicot, A., Scholz, S., Wubet, T., Tarkka, M., Schmitt-Jansen, M., Delignette-Muller, M.-L. (2018):
DRomics: A turnkey tool to support the use of the dose–response framework for omics data in ecological risk assessment
Environ. Sci. Technol. 52 (24), 14461 - 14468
10.1021/acs.est.8b04752 - Plomion, C., Aury, J.-M., Amselem, J., Leroy, T., Murat, F., Duplessis, S., Faye, S., Francillonne, N., Labadie, K., Le Provost, G., Lesur, I., Bartholomé, J., Faivre-Rampant, P., Kohler, A., Leplé, J.-C., Chantret, N., Chen, J., Diévart, A., Alaeitabar, T., Barbe, V., Belser, C., Bergès, H., Bodénès, C., Bogeat-Triboulot, M.-B., Bouffaud, M.-L., Brachi, B., Chancerel, E., Cohen, D., Couloux, A., Da Silva, C., Dossat, C., Ehrenmann, F., Gaspin, C., Grima-Pettenati, J., Guichoux, E., Hecker, A., Herrmann, S., Hugueney, P., Hummel, I., Klopp, C., Lalanne, C., Lascoux, M., Lasserre, E., Lemainque, A., Desprez-Loustau, M.-L., Luyten, I., Madoui, M.-A., Mangenot, S., Marchal, C., Maumus, F., Mercier, J., Michotey, C., Panaud, O., Picault, N., Rouhier, N., Rué, O., Rustenholz, C., Salin, F., Soler, M., Tarkka, M., Velt, A., Zanne, A.E., Martin, F., Wincker, P., Quesneville, H., Kremer, A., Salse, J. (2018):
Oak genome reveals facets of long lifespan
Nat. Plants 4 , 440 - 452
10.1038/s41477-018-0172-3 - Tarkka, M.T., Drigo, B., Deveau, A. (2018):
Mycorrhizal microbiomes
Mycorrhiza 28 (5-6), 403 - 409
10.1007/s00572-018-0865-5 - Vetterlein, D., Tarkka, M. (2018):
Seeds with low phosphorus content: not so bad after all?
J. Exp. Bot. 69 (21), 4993 - 4996
10.1093/jxb/ery313 - Herrmann, S., Grams, T.E.E., Tarkka, M.T., Angay, O., Bacht, M., Bönn, M., Feldhahn, L., Graf, M., Kurth, F., Maboreke, H., Mailander, S., Recht, S., Fleischmann, F., Ruess, L., Schädler, M., Scheu, S., Schrey, S., Buscot, F. (2016):
Endogenous rhythmic growth, a trait suitable for the study of interplays between multitrophic interactions and tree development
Perspect. Plant Ecol. Evol. Syst. 19 , 40 - 48
10.1016/j.ppees.2016.02.003 - Maboreke, H.R., Feldhahn, L., Bönn, M., Tarkka, M.T., Buscot, F., Herrmann, S., Menzel, R., Ruess, L. (2016):
Transcriptome analysis in oak uncovers a strong impact of endogenous rhythmic growth on the interaction with plant-parasitic nematodes
BMC Genomics 17 , art. 627
10.1186/s12864-016-2992-8 - Caravaca, F., Maboreke, H., Kurth, F., Herrmann, S., Tarkka, M.T., Ruess, L. (2015):
Synergists and antagonists in the rhizosphere modulate microbial communities and growth of Quercus robur L.
Soil Biol. Biochem. 82 , 65 - 73
10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.12.004 - Herrmann, S., Recht, S., Boenn, M., Feldhahn, L., Angay, O., Fleischmann, F., Tarkka, M.T., Grams, T.E.E., Buscot, F. (2015):
Endogenous rhythmic growth in oak trees is regulated by internal clocks rather than resource availability
J. Exp. Bot. 66 (22), 7113 - 7127
10.1093/jxb/erv408 - Kohler, A., Kuo, A., Nagy, L.G., Morin, E., Barry, K.W., Buscot, F., Canbäck, B., Choi, C., Cichocki, N., Clum, A., Colpaert, J., Copeland, A., Costa, M.D., Doré, J., Floudas, D., Gay, D., Girlanda, M., Henrissat, B., Herrmann, S., Hess, J., Högberg, N., Johansson, T., Khouja, H.-R., La Butti, K., Lahrmann, U., Levasseur, A., Lindquist, E.A., Lipzen, A., Marmeisse, R., Martino, E., Murat, C., Chew, Y., Ngan, C.Y., Nehls, U., Plett, J.M., Pringle, A., Ohm, R.A., Perotto, S.P., Riley, R., Rineau, F., Ruytinx, J., Salamov, A., Shah, F., Sun, H., Tarkka, M., Tritt, A., Veneault-Fourrey, C., Zuccaro, A., Tunlid, A., Grigoriev, I.V., Hibbett, D.S., Martin, F. (2015):
Convergent losses of decay mechanisms and rapid turnover of symbiosis genes in mycorrhizal mutualists
Nature Genet. 47 , 410 - 415
10.1038/ng.3223 - Kurth, F., Feldhahn, L., Bönn, M., Herrmann, S., Buscot, F., Tarkka, M.T. (2015):
Large scale transcriptome analysis reveals interplay between development of forest trees and a beneficial mycorrhiza helper bacterium
BMC Genomics 16 , art. 658
10.1186/s12864-015-1856-y - Lesur, I., Le Provost, G., Bento, P., Da Silva, C., Leplé, J.-C., Murat, F., Ueno, S., Bartholomé, J., Lalanne, C., Ehrenmann, F., Noirot, C., Burban, C., Léger, V., Amselem, J., Belser, C., Quesneville, H., Stierschneider, M., Fluch, S., Feldhahn, L., Tarkka, M., Herrmann, S., Buscot, F., Klopp, C., Kremer, A., Salse, J., Aury, J.-M., Plomion, C. (2015):
The oak gene expression atlas: insights into Fagaceae genome evolution and the discovery of genes regulated during bud dormancy release
BMC Genomics 16 , art. 112
10.1186/s12864-015-1331-9 - Goris, T., Schubert, T., Gadkari, J., Wubet, T., Tarkka, M., Buscot, F., Adrian, L., Diekert, G. (2014):
Insights into organohalide respiration and the versatile catabolism of Sulfurospirillum multivorans gained from comparative genomics and physiological studies
Environ. Microbiol. 16 (11), 3562 - 3580
10.1111/1462-2920.12589 - Kurth, F., Mailänder, S., Bönn, M., Feldhahn, L., Herrmann, S., Große, I., Buscot, F., Schrey, S.D., Tarkka, M.T. (2014):
Streptomyces-induced resistance against oak powdery mildew involves host plant responses in defense, photosynthesis, and secondary metabolism pathways
Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 27 (9), 891 - 900
10.1094/MPMI-10-13-0296-R - Kurth, F., Zeitler, K., Feldhahn, L., Neu, T.R., Weber, T., Krištůfek, V., Wubet, T., Herrmann, S., Buscot, F., Tarkka, M.T. (2013):
Detection and quantification of a mycorrhization helper bacterium and a mycorrhizal fungus in plant-soil microcosms at different levels of complexity
BMC Microbiol. 13 , art. 205
10.1186/1471-2180-13-205 - Pavic, A., Stanković, S., Saljnikov, E., Krüger, D., Buscot, F., Tarkka, M., Marjanović, Z. (2013):
Actinobacteria may influence white truffle (Tuber magnatum Pico) nutrition, ascocarp degradation and interactions with other soil fungi
Fungal Ecol. 6 (6), 527 - 538
10.1016/j.funeco.2013.05.006 - Pöritz, M., Goris, T., Wubet, T., Tarkka, M.T., Buscot, F., Nijenhuis, I., Lechner, U., Adrian, L. (2013):
Genome sequences of two dehalogenation specialists - Dehalococcoides mccartyi strains BTF08 and DCMB5 enriched from the highly polluted Bitterfeld region
FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 343 (2), 101 - 104
10.1111/1574-6968.12160 - Tarkka, M.T., Herrmann, S., Wubet, T., Feldhahn, L., Recht, S., Kurth, F., Mailänder, S., Bönn, M., Neef, M., Angay, O., Bacht, M., Graf, M., Maboreke, H., Fleischmann, F., Grams, T.E.E., Ruess, L., Schädler, M., Brandl, R., Scheu, S., Schrey, S.D., Grosse, I., Buscot, F. (2013):
OakContigDF159.1, a reference library for studying differential gene expression in Quercus robur during controlled biotic interactions: use for quantitative transcriptomic profiling of oak roots in ectomycorrhizal symbiosis
New Phytol. 199 (2), 529 - 540
10.1111/nph.12317 - Schrey, S.D., Erkenbrack, E., Früh, E., Fengler, S., Hommel, K., Horlacher, N., Schulz, D., Ecke, M., Kulik, A., Fiedler, H.P., Hampp, R., Tarkka, M.T. (2012):
Production of fungal and bacterial growth modulating secondary metabolites is widespread among mycorrhiza-associated streptomycetes
BMC Microbiol. 12 , art. 164
10.1186/1471-2180-12-164 - Taubert, M., Vogt, C., Wubet, T., Kleinsteuber, S., Tarkka, M.T., Harms, H., Buscot, F., Richnow, H.-H., von Bergen, M., Seifert, J. (2012):
Protein-SIP enables time-resolved analysis of the carbon flux in a sulfate-reducing, benzene-degrading microbial consortium
ISME J. 6 (12), 2291 - 2301
10.1038/ismej.2012.68 - Yurkov, A., Krüger, D., Begerow, D., Arnold, N., Tarkka, M.T. (2012):
Basidiomycetous yeasts from Boletales fruiting bodies and their interactions with the mycoparasite Sepedonium chrysospermum and the host fungus Paxillus
Microb. Ecol. 63 (2), 295 - 303
10.1007/s00248-011-9923-7 - Frey-Klett, P., Burlinson, P., Deveau, A., Barret, M., Tarkka, M., Sarniguet, A. (2011):
Bacterial-fungal interactions: hyphens between agricultural, clinical, environmental, and food microbiologists
Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 75 (4), 583 - 609
10.1128/MMBR.00020-11 - Lehr, N.A., Adomas, A., Asiegbu, F.O., Hamp, R., Tarkka, M.T. (2009):
WS-5995 B, an antifungal agent inducing differential gene expression in the conifer pathogen Heterobasidion annosum but not in Heterobasidion abietinum
Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 85 (2), 347 - 358
10.1007/s00253-009-2254-7 - Tarkka, M.T., Sarniguet, A., Frey-Klett, P. (2009):
Inter-kingdom encounters: recent advances in molecular bacterium-fungus interactions
Curr. Genet. 55 (3), 233 - 243
10.1007/s00294-009-0241-2 - Lehr, N.A., Schrey, S.D., Hampp, R., Tarkka, M.T. (2008):
Root inoculation with a forest soil streptomycete leads to locally and systemically increased resistance against phytopathogens in Norway spruce
New Phytol. 177 (4), 965 - 976
10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02322.x - Schrey, S.D., Tarkka, M.T. (2008):
Friends and foes: streptomycetes as modulators of plant disease and symbiosis
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 94 (1), 11 - 19
10.1007/s10482-008-9241-3 - Frey-Klett, P., Garbaye, J., Tarkka, M. (2007):
The mycorrhiza helper bacteria revisited
New Phytol. 176 (1), 22 - 36
10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02191.x - Lehr, N.A., Schrey, S.D., Bauer, R., Hampp, R., Tarkka, M.T. (2007):
Suppression of plant defence response by a mycorrhiza helper bacterium
New Phytol. 174 (4), 892 - 903
10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02021.x - Schrey, S.D., Salo, V., Raudaskoski, M., Hampp, R., Nehls, U., Tarkka, M.T. (2007):
Interaction with mycorrhiza helper bacterium Streptomyces sp. AcH 505 modifies organisation of actin cytoskeleton in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Amanita muscaria (fly agaric)
Curr. Genet. 52 (2), 77 - 85
10.1007/s00294-007-0138-x - Tarkka, M.T., Piechulla, B. (2007):
Aromatic weapons: truffles attack plants by the production of volatiles
New Phytol. 175 (3), 381 - 383
10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02165.x - Riedlinger, J., Schrey, S.D., Tarkka, M.T., Hampp, R., Kapur, M., Fiedler, H.P. (2006):
Auxofuran, a novel metabolite that stimulates the growth of fly agaric, is produced by the mycorrhiza helper bacterium Streptomyces strain AcH 505
Appl. Environ. Microb. 72 (5), 3550 - 3557
10.1128/AEM.72.5.3550-3557.2006 - Tarkka, M.T., Schrey, S., Nehls, U. (2006):
The α-tubulin gene AmTuba1: a marker for rapid mycelial growth in the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Amanita muscaria
Curr. Genet. 49 (5), 294 - 301
10.1007/s00294-006-0056-3 - Juuti, J.T., Jokela, S., Tarkka, M.T., Paulin, L., Lahdensalo, J. (2005):
Two phylogenetically highly distinct β-tubulin genes of the basidiomycete Suillus bovinus
Curr. Genet. 47 (4), 253 - 263
10.1007/s00294-005-0564-6 - Schrey, S.D., Schellhammer, M., Ecke, M., Hampp, R., Tarkka, M.T. (2005):
Mycorrhiza helper bacterium Streptomyces AcH 505 induces differential gene expression in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Amanita muscaria
New Phytol. 168 (1), 205 - 216
10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01518.x - Saarma, K., Tarkka, M.T., Itavaara, M., Fagerstedt, K.V. (2003):
Heat shock protein synthesis is induced by diethyl phthalate but not by di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in radish (Raphanus sativus)
J. Plant Physiol. 160 (9), 1001 - 1010
10.1078/0176-1617-00525
Artikel in anderen Zeitschriften (nicht ISI gelistet) (6)
- Rigerte, L., Heintz-Buschart, A., Reitz, T., Tarkka, M.T. (2025):
Assembly and application of a synthetic bacterial community for enhancing barley tolerance to drought
Frontiers in Bacteriology 4 , art. 1572294
10.3389/fbrio.2025.1572294 - Ferlian, O., Goldmann, K., Eisenhauer, N., Tarkka, M.T., Buscot, F., Heintz-Buschart, A. (2021):
Distinct effects of host and neighbour tree identity on arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal fungi along a tree diversity gradient
ISME Commun. 1 , art. 40
10.1038/s43705-021-00042-y - Vetterlein, D., Carminati, A., Kögel-Knabner, I., Bienert, G.P., Smalla, K., Oburger, E., Schnepf, A., Banitz, T., Tarkka, M., Schlüter, S. (2020):
Rhizosphere spatiotemporal organization–A key to rhizosphere functions
Front. Agron. 2 , art. 8
10.3389/fagro.2020.00008 - Tarkka, M.T., Feldhahn, L., Buscot, F., Wubet, T. (2015):
Genome sequence of the mycorrhiza helper bacterium Streptomyces sp. strain AcH 505
Genome Announc. 3 (2), e01386-14
10.1128/genomeA.01386-14 - Tarkka, M.T., Feldhahn, L., Krüger, D., Arnold, N., Buscot, F., Wubet, T. (2015):
Draft genome sequence of Streptomyces sp. Strain 150FB, a mushroom mycoparasite antagonist
Genome Announc. 3 (2), e01441-14
10.1128/genomeA.01441-14 - Tarkka, M.T., Lehr, N.A., Hampp, R., Schrey, S.D. (2008):
Plant behavior upon contact with streptomycetes
Plant Signaling & Behavior 3 (11), 1 - 3
Buchkapitel (4)
- Hampp, R., Tarkka, M.T. (2009):
Interaction with soil microorganisms
In: Varma, A., Kharkwal, A.C. (eds.)
Symbiotic fungi. Principles and practice
Soil Biology 18
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, p. 197 - 210
10.1007/978-3-540-95894-9_12 - Tarkka, M., Hampp, R. (2008):
Secondary metabolites of soil streptomycetes in biotic interactions
In: Karlovsky, P. (ed.)
Secondary metabolites in soil ecology
Soil Biology 14
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, p. 107 - 126
10.1007/978-3-540-74543-3_6 - Tarkka, M., Schrey, S.D., Hampp, R. (2008):
Plant associated soil micro-organisms
In: Nautiyal, C.S., Dion, P. (eds.)
Molecular mechanisms of plant and microbe coexistence
Soil Biology 15
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, p. 3 - 51
10.1007/978-3-540-75575-3_1 - Tarkka, M.T., Frey-Klett, P. (2008):
Mycorrhiza helper bacteria
In: Varma, A. (ed.)
Mycorrhiza. State of the art, genetics and molecular biology, eco-function, biotechnology, eco-physiology, structure and systematics
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, p. 113 - 132
10.1007/978-3-540-78826-3_6
Berichte (1)
- Tarkka, M., Hildebrandt, J. (2020):
Pilzarten und ihre pflanzlichen Wirte im Klimawandel
ESKP Earth System Knowledge Platform Wissensplattform Erde und Umwelt, Potsdam, 9 S.
10.2312/eskp.006
Tagungsbeiträge (1)
- Ganther, M., Bouffaud, M.-L., Gebauer, L., Buscot, F., Vetterlein, D., Heintz-Buschart, A., Tarkka, M. (2020):
Spatial sampling approach to unravel the impact of soil texture and root genotype on maize root gene expression profiles
EGU General Assembly, EGU2020, Online, 4-8 May 2020
EGUsphere
Copernicus Publications, EGU2020-9707
10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-9707
Preprints (1)
- Wu, M., Roscher, C., Schädler, M., Tarkka, M., Vetterlein, D., Schlueter, S. (2025):
Legacy effects of climate extremes on deep soil water storage and water use efficiency across different land-use systems
Research Square
10.21203/rs.3.rs-7062058/v1
Datenpublikation (2)
- Zimmermann, F., Bouffaud, M.-L., Herrmann, S., Göttig, M., Graf, R., Tarkka, M., Opgenoorth, L., Croll, D., Peter, M., Dauphin, B. (2025):
Phenotypic and growth stage development data of a Quercus robur mycorrhization experiment
EnviDat
10.16904/envidat.649 - Fernandez, I., Bouffaud, M.-L., Martinez-Medina, A., Schädler, M., Tarkka, M., Weinhold, A., van Dam, N., Herrmann, S., Buscot, F. (2022):
Endogenous rhythmic growth modulates priming of antiherbivore defenses in subsequently formed new leaves of oak trees [Data set]
Zenodo
10.5281/zenodo.7040241
Peer-reviewed publications
Riedlinger J., Schrey S.D., Tarkka M.T., Hampp R., Kapur M., Fiedler H.P. (2006)
Auxofuran, a novel substance stimulating growth of fly agaric, produced by the mycorrhiza helper bacterium Streptomyces AcH 505.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72, 3550-3557.
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Tarkka M.T., Schrey S., Nehls U . (2006)
The alpha-tubulin gene AmTuba1: A marker for rapid mycelial growth in the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Amanita muscaria.
Current Genetics 49, 294-301.
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Schrey S.D., Schellhammer M., Ecke M., Hampp R., Tarkka M.T. (2005)
Mycorrhization helper bacterium Streptomyces AcH 505 induces differential gene expression in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Amanita muscaria.
New Phytologist 168, 205-216.
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Juuti J.T., Jokela S., Tarkka M.T., Paulin L., Lahdensalo J. (2005)
Two phylogenetically highly distinct beta-tubulin genes of the basidiomycete Suillus bovinus.
Current Genetics 47, 253-263.
Saarma K., Tarkka M.T., Itavaara M., Fagerstedt K.V. (2003)
Heat shock protein synthesis is induced by diethyl phthalate but not by di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in radish (Raphanus sativus).
Journal of Plant Physiology 160, 1001-1010.
Gorfer M., Tarkka M.T., Hanif M., Pardo A.G., Laitiainen E., Raudaskoski M. (2001)
Characterization of small GTPases Cdc42 and Rac and the relationship between Cdc42 and actin cytoskeleton in vegetative and ectomycorrhizal hyphae of Suillus bovinus.
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 14, 135-144.
Tarkka M.T., Nyman T.A., Kalkkinen N., Raudaskoski M. (2001)
Scots pine expresses short root-specific peroxidases during development.
European Journal of Biochemistry 268, 86-92.
Tarkka M.T., Vasara R., Gorfer M., Raudaskoski M. (2000)
Molecular characterization of actin genes from homobasidiomycetes: two different actin genes from Schizophyllum commune and Suillus bovinus.
Gene 251, 27-35.
Tarkka M., Niini S.S., Raudaskoski M. (1998)
Developmentally regulated proteins during differentiation of root system and ectomycorrhiza in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) with Suillus bovinus.
Physiologia Plantarum 104, 449-455.
Niini S.S., Tarkka M.T., Raudaskoski M. (1996)
Tubulin and actin protein patterns in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) roots and developing ectomycorrhiza with Suillus bovinus.
Physiologia Plantarum 96, 186-192.
Book Chapters
Nehls U., Zhang C., Tarkka M., Hampp R., Fladung M. (2006)
Investigation of horizontal gene transfer from transgenic aspen to ectomycorrhizal fungi.
In: Recent developments in tree transgenesis, Fladung M, Ewald D (eds), pp 323-333. Springer-Verlag
Tarkka M.T., Nehls U., Hampp R. (2005)
Physiology of Ectomycorrhiza (ECM).
Progress in Botany 66, 220-247.
Raudaskoski M., Tarkka M.T., Niini S.S. (2004)
Mycorrhizal development and cytoskeleton.
In: Plant Surface Microbiology, pp. 293-330. Springer-Verlag.
Raudaskoski M., Pardo A., Tarkka M., et al. (2001)
Small GTPases, cytoskeleton and signal transduction in filamentous homobasidiomycetes.
NATO Science Series I: 328, 123-136