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Andy F. S. Taylor is affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions across several related subfields such as Plant Science, Ecology, Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Cell Biology.

Their scholarly work extensively covers topics including Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Fire effects on ecosystems, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by them include:

  • The UNITE database for molecular identification and taxonomic communication of fungi and other eukaryotes: sequences, taxa and classifications reconsidered (2023, Nucleic Acids Research)
  • The Taxon Hypothesis Paradigm-On the Unambiguous Detection and Communication of Taxa (2020, Microorganisms)
  • Soil fungal networks maintain local dominance of ectomycorrhizal trees (2020, Nature Communications)
  • In vitro evidence of root colonization suggests ecological versatility in the genus Mycena (2020, New Phytologist)
  • Mycena species can be opportunist-generalist plant root invaders (2023, Environmental Microbiology)

Taylor has frequently published in venues such as Environmental Microbiology, New Phytologist, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nucleic Acids Research, and Microorganisms.

Their frequent collaborators include Ruth J. Mitchell, Paul E. Bellamy, Christopher J. Ellis, Jenni A. Stockan, and Christoffer Bugge Harder.

Best Publications

  • Towards a unified paradigm for sequence-based identification of fungi

    Urmas Koljalg;Urmas Koljalg;R. Henrik Nilsson;Kessy Abarenkov;Leho Tedersoo

  • The UNITE database for molecular identification of fungi: handling dark taxa and parallel taxonomic classifications.

    Rolf Henrik Nilsson;Karl Henrik Larsson;Andy F.S. Taylor;Johan Bengtsson-Palme;Johan Bengtsson-Palme

  • Large-scale forest girdling shows that current photosynthesis drives soil respiration

    Peter Högberg;Anders Nordgren;Nina Buchmann;Andrew F. S. Taylor

  • The UNITE database for molecular identification of fungi - recent updates and future perspectives

    Kessy Abarenkov;R. Henrik Nilsson;R. Henrik Nilsson;Karl‐Henrik Larsson;Ian J. Alexander

  • UNITE: a database providing web-based methods for the molecular identification of ectomycorrhizal fungi

    Urmas Kõljalg;Karl-Henrik Larsson;Kessy Abarenkov;R. Henrik Nilsson

  • Vertical distribution of ectomycorrhizal fungal taxa in a podzol soil profile

    A. Rosling;R. Landeweert;B. D. Lindahl;K.‐H. Larsson

  • recD: the gene for an essential third subunit of exonuclease V.

    Susan K. Amundsen;Andrew F. Taylor;Abdul M. Chaudhury;Gerald R. Smith

  • Fungal Diversity in Ectomycorrhizal Communities of Norway Spruce [ Picea abies (L.) Karst.] and Beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.) Along North-South Transects in Europe

    A. F. S. Taylor;F. Martin;D. J. Read

  • Defining nutritional constraints on carbon cycling in boreal forests – towards a less `phytocentric' perspective

    Björn O. Lindahl;Andy F. S. Taylor;Roger D. Finlay

  • Fungal diversity in ectomycorrhizal communities: sampling effort and species detection

    Andy F. S. Taylor

  • Preserving accuracy in GenBank

    Thomas D. Bruns;Meredith Blackwell;Ivan Edwards;Andy F.S. Taylor

  • Species composition of an ectomycorrhizal fungal community along a local nutrient gradient in a boreal forest.

    Jonas F. Toljander;Ursula Eberhardt;Ylva K. Toljander;Leslie R. Paul

  • Natural 13C abundance reveals trophic status of fungi and host-origin of carbon in mycorrhizal fungi in mixed forests

    Peter Högberg;Agneta H. Plamboeck;Andrew F. S. Taylor;Petra M. A. Fransson

  • The ectomycorrhizal symbiosis: Life in the real world

    A. F. S. Taylor;Ian James Alexander

  • Diversity and abundance of resupinate thelephoroid fungi as ectomycorrhizal symbionts in Swedish boreal forests.

    U. Koljalg;A. Dahlberg;A. F. S. Taylor;E. Larsson

  • Diversity of Ecto-mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Relation to the Abiotic Environment

    Susanne Erland;Andy F. S. Taylor

  • Ash dieback in the UK: A review of the ecological and conservation implications and potential management options

    R.J. Mitchell;J.K. Beaton;P.E. Bellamy;A. Broome

  • Fungal communities in mycorrhizal roots of conifer seedlings in forest nurseries under different cultivation systems, assessed by morphotyping, direct sequencing and mycelial isolation.

    Audrius Menkis;Audrius Menkis;Rimvydas Vasiliauskas;Andrew F. S. Taylor;Jan Stenlid

  • Phylogenetic overview of the Boletineae.

    Mitchell E. Nuhn;Manfred Binder;Andy F. S. Taylor;Andy F. S. Taylor;Roy E. Halling

  • ClassII peroxidase-encoding genes are present in a phylogenetically wide range of ectomycorrhizal fungi

    Inga T M Bödeker;Cajsa M R Nygren;Andy F S Taylor;Åke Olson

  • Mycorrhizal synthesis between fungal strains of the Hymenoscyphus ericae aggregate and potential ectomycorrhizal and ericoid hosts

    Trude Vrålstad;Trond Schumacher;Andy F. S. Taylor

  • Molecular phylogenetics of porcini mushrooms (Boletus section Boletus).

    Bryn T. M. Dentinger;Joseph F. Ammirati;Ernst E. Both;Dennis E. Desjardin

  • The Taxon Hypothesis Paradigm-On the Unambiguous Detection and Communication of Taxa.

    Urmas Kõljalg;Urmas Kõljalg;Henrik R Nilsson;Dmitry Schigel;Leho Tedersoo

  • Post-fire legacy of ectomycorrhizal fungal communities in the Swedish boreal forest in relation to fire severity and logging intensity

    Anders Dahlberg;Johnny Schimmel;Andy F.S. Taylor;Hanna Johannesson

  • 15N natural abundance in fruit bodies of different functional groups of fungi in relation to substrate utilization

    Gerhard Gebauer;A. F. S. Taylor

  • Preserving accuracy in GenBank

    M. I. Bidartondo;Thomas D. Bruns;Meredith Blackwell;Ivan Edwards

Frequent Co-Authors

Urmas Kõljalg
Urmas Kõljalg University of Tartu
Roger D. Finlay
Roger D. Finlay Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ian J. Alexander
Ian J. Alexander University of Aberdeen
Karl-Henrik Larsson
Karl-Henrik Larsson University of Oslo
Taina Pennanen
Taina Pennanen Finnish Forest Research Institute
Glenn R. Iason
Glenn R. Iason James Hutton Institute
R. Henrik Nilsson
R. Henrik Nilsson University of Gothenburg
Jan Stenlid
Jan Stenlid Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Leho Tedersoo
Leho Tedersoo University of Tartu
Ruth J. Mitchell
Ruth J. Mitchell James Hutton Institute

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