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Zhou J, Li Y, Lou J, Wang Y, Kan Z, Neugschwandtner RW, Li F, Liu J, Dong K, Xue Y, Yang H, Shi L. Fungal Saprotrophic Promotion and Plant Pathogenic Suppression under Ditch-Buried Straw Return with Appropriate Burial Amount and Depth. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:1738. [PMID: 38999577 PMCID: PMC11243377 DOI: 10.3390/plants13131738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2024] [Revised: 06/13/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/14/2024]
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Fungi as heterotrophs are key participants in the decomposition of organic materials and the transformation of nutrients in agroecosystems. Ditch-buried straw return as a novel conservation management strategy can improve soil fertility and alter hydrothermal processes. However, how ditch-buried straw return strategies affect the soil fungal community is still unclear. Herein, a 7-year field trial was conducted to test the influences of burial depth (0, 10, 20, 30, and 40 cm) and the amount of ditch-buried straw (half, full, double) on the diversity, composition, and predicted functions of a soil fungal community, as well as the activities of carbon-degraded enzymes. Under the full amount of straw burial, the abundance of phylum Ascomycota was 7.5% higher as compared to other burial amount treatments. This further increased the activity of cellobiohydrolase by 32%, as revealed by the positive correlation between Ascomycota and cellobiohydrolase. With deeper straw burial, however, the abundance of Ascomycota and β-D-glucopyranoside activity decreased. Moreover, genus Alternaria and Fusarium increased while Mortierella decreased with straw burial amount and depth. FUNgild prediction showed that plant fungal pathogens were 1- to 2-fold higher, whilst arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi were 64% lower under straw buried with double the amount and at a depth of 40 cm. Collectively, these findings suggest that ditch-buried straw return with a full amount and buried at a depth less than 30 cm could improve soil nutrient cycles and health and may be beneficial to subsequent crop production.
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- Jie Zhou
- College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (J.Z.); (Y.L.); (J.L.); (Y.W.); (Z.K.); (F.L.)
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- College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (J.Z.); (Y.L.); (J.L.); (Y.W.); (Z.K.); (F.L.)
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- College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (J.Z.); (Y.L.); (J.L.); (Y.W.); (Z.K.); (F.L.)
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- College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (J.Z.); (Y.L.); (J.L.); (Y.W.); (Z.K.); (F.L.)
- Longkang Farm, Anhui Agricultural Reclamation Group Co., Ltd., Huaiyuan 233426, China
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- College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (J.Z.); (Y.L.); (J.L.); (Y.W.); (Z.K.); (F.L.)
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- Institute of Agronomy, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), 3430 Tulln, Austria;
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- College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (J.Z.); (Y.L.); (J.L.); (Y.W.); (Z.K.); (F.L.)
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences of Yanjiang District of Jiangsu Province, Rugao 226541, China;
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- Life Science Major, Kyonggi University, Suwon 16227, Republic of Korea;
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences of Yanjiang District of Jiangsu Province, Rugao 226541, China;
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- College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (J.Z.); (Y.L.); (J.L.); (Y.W.); (Z.K.); (F.L.)
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Information Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Geo-Biosphere Interactions, Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Tuebingen, 72074 Tuebingen, Germany;
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Pushpavathi D, Krishnamurthy YL. Study on endolichenic fungal assemblage in Parmotrema and Heterodermia lichens of Shivamoga, Karnataka. Mol Biol Rep 2024; 51:549. [PMID: 38642168 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-024-09497-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/22/2024]
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BACKGROUND Lichen is a symbiotic association of algae and fungi, recognized as a self-sustaining ecosystem that constitutes an indeterminant number of bacteria, actinomycetes, fungi, and protozoa. We evaluated the endolichenic fungal assemblage given the dearth of knowledge on endolichenic fungi (ELFs), particularly from part of the Central Western Ghats, Karnataka, and conducted a phylogenetic analysis of xylariaceous fungi, the most diversified group of fungi using ITS and ITS+Tub2 gene set. RESULTS Out of 17 lichen thalli collected from 5 ecoregions, 42 morphospecies recovered, belong to the class Sordariomycetes, Eurotiomycetes, Dothideomycetes, Leotiomycetes, Saccharomycetes. About 19 and 13 ELF genera have been reported from Parmotrema and Heterodermia thallus. Among the ecoregions EC2 showing highest species diversity (Parmotrema (1-D) = 0.9382, (H) = 2.865, Fisher-α = 8.429, Heterodermia (1-D) = 0.8038, H = 1.894, F-α = 4.57) followed the EC3 and EC1. Xylariales are the predominant colonizer reported from at least one thallus from four ecoregions. The morphotypes ELFX04, ELFX05, ELFX08 and ELFX13 show the highest BLAST similarity (> 99%) with Xylaria psidii, X. feejeensis, X. berteri and Hypoxylon fragiforme respectively. Species delimitation and phylogenetic position reveal the closest relation of Xylariaceous ELFs with plant endophytes. CONCLUSIONS The observation highlights that the deciduous forest harness a high number of endolichenic fungi, a dominant portion of these fungi are non-sporulating and still exist as cryptic. Overall, 8 ELF species recognized based on phylogenetic analysis, including the two newly reported fungi ELFX03 and ELFX06 which are suspected to be new species based on the present evidence. The study proved, that the lichen being rich source to establish fungal diversity and finding new species. Successful amplification of most phylogenetic markers like RPB2, building of comprehensive taxonomic databases and application of multi-omics data are further needed to understand the complex nature of lichen-fungal symbiosis.
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- D Pushpavathi
- Department of PG Studies and Research in Applied Botany, Kuvempu University, Jnanasahyadri, Shankaraghatta, Karnataka, 577451, India
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- Department of PG Studies and Research in Applied Botany, Kuvempu University, Jnanasahyadri, Shankaraghatta, Karnataka, 577451, India.
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Park JS, Kwag YN, Han SK, Oh SO. Two New Species of the Family Acarosporaceae from South Korea. MYCOBIOLOGY 2023; 51:216-229. [PMID: 38229684 PMCID: PMC10791086 DOI: 10.1080/12298093.2023.2249693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
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Acarosporaceae is a crustose lichen and is known as a species that has more than 50 multi-spores, and has hyaline spores. Those taxa are often found in rock and soil in mountain areas or coastal regions in Korea, and very diverse forms and species are known. However, after an overall genetic phylogenetic analysis of carbonized ascomata in 2015, species consisting only of the morphological base are newly divided, and several species of Acarosporaceae in Korea are also being discovered in this situation. As a result of analysis using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and nuLSU gene analysis, Korean species belonged to Acarospora and Sarcogyne clade, and Acarospora classified as the Acarospora clade was mixed with the Polysporina group and the Sarcogyne clade is mixed with the Acarospora. We identified two new species (Acarospora beangnokdamensis J. S. Park & S. O. Oh, sp. nov., Sarcogyne jejuensis J. S. Park & S. O. Oh, sp. nov.) through morphological, molecular, and secondary metabolite substance and found one new record (Sarcogyne oceanica K. Knudsen & Kocourk). We have made a classification key for Acarospora and Sarcogyne in Korea and reported all information together here.
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- Jung Shin Park
- Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum, Pocheon, South Korea
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- Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum, Pocheon, South Korea
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- Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum, Pocheon, South Korea
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- Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum, Pocheon, South Korea
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Culturable Diversity of Lichen-Associated Yeasts through Enrichment Strategies. ECOLOGIES 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/ecologies4010012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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Lichens are symbiotic partnerships between a filamentous fungus and a photosymbiotic “alga”. Studies show that lichens harbor endothallic fungi, but that some taxa have been difficult to isolate from the main filamentous thallus-forming fungus and other faster growing lichenicolous/endothallic fungi. Therefore, we aimed to develop and evaluate liquid yeast-enrichment strategies to (1) isolate lichen-associated yeasts in pure culture, and (2) determine the taxonomic placement and breadth of the diversity of culturable yeasts. Eighty-two lichen samples were collected and washed with distilled water, and healthy thalli were ground up and added to seven different yeast-enrichment broths. Yeast colonies were isolated in pure culture and identified using molecular techniques. Initial isolates were identified using BLASTn analysis, and a taxonomic refinement was completed using PhyML analysis. In total, 215 isolates were obtained. The most prevalently isolated ascomycetous yeasts were within the Dothideomycetes (Aureobasidium, Plowrightia, and Dothiora), while the most frequently isolated basidiomycetous yeasts belonged to the genera Curvibasidium, Sporobolomyces, and Tremella. The generic placements could not be determined for 17 isolates, and in total 25 novel species were recovered. The results of this research indicate that (1) lichen-associated yeasts are diverse, (2) employing liquid enrichment strategies is effective for isolating many of these, and (3) lichen thalli represent a valuable untapped reservoir of diverse and novel yeast species.
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Li L, Liu C, Wen W, Li Q, Pan T, Li Z, Qian G, He Y, Xu D. Dendrobine biosynthesis in Dendrobium nobile in four different habitats is affected by the variations in the endophytic fungal community. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:981070. [PMID: 36177465 PMCID: PMC9513314 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.981070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Dendrobium nobile, an epiphytic plant, is a traditional medicinal herb with abundant endophytes. It is unclear whether the variation in the diversity and abundance of endophytes could stimulate the biosynthesis of medicinal compounds in the plant. In this study, we collected fresh stems of D. nobile from four habitats for investigating the fungal community structure, dendrobine content, and environment factors and their correlations. The results indicated no significant difference in endophytic fungal diversity among the habitats; however, different dominant or special endophytic genera were observed in the hosts from different habitats. The altitude was observed to be positively related to the dendrobine content, as the stems collected from the altitude of 692 m exhibited the highest level of dendrobine. Furthermore, the relative abundance of Toxicocladosporium was found to be positively correlated with the altitude and dendrobine content. The epiphytic matrix exhibited a significant negative correlation with the relative abundance of the endophytic fungus Gibberella but did not exhibit any significant correlation with the dendrobine content. The results indicated that the abundance of endophytes in D. nobile was affected by the altitude and epiphytic matrix and that high Toxicocladosporium abundance and high altitude were conducive to dendrobine production.
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- Lin Li
- Department of Cell Biology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
- *Correspondence: Gang Qian,
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- School of Pharmacy, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
- Engineering Research Center of Key Technology Development for Guizhou Provincial Dendrobium nobile Industry, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
- *Correspondence: Gang Qian,
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- Department of Cell Biology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
- Engineering Research Center of Key Technology Development for Guizhou Provincial Dendrobium nobile Industry, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
- *Correspondence: Gang Qian,
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Wang Q, Li J, Yang J, Zou Y, Zhao XQ. Diversity of endophytic bacterial and fungal microbiota associated with the medicinal lichen Usnea longissima at high altitudes. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:958917. [PMID: 36118246 PMCID: PMC9479685 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.958917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Endophytic microbial communities of lichen are emerging as novel microbial resources and for exploration of potential biotechnological applications. Here, we focused on a medicinal lichen Usnea longissima, and investigated its bacterial and fungal endophytes. Using PacBio 16S rRNA and ITS amplicon sequencing, we explored the diversity and composition of endophytic bacteria and fungi in U. longissima collected from Tibet at five altitudes ranging from 2,989 to 4,048 m. A total of 6 phyla, 12 classes, 44 genera, and 13 species of the bacterial community have been identified in U. longissima. Most members belong to Alphaproteobacteria (42.59%), Betaproteobacteria (33.84%), Clostridia (13.59%), Acidobacteria (7%), and Bacilli (1.69%). As for the fungal community, excluding the obligate fungus sequences, we identified 2 phyla, 15 classes, 65 genera, and 19 species. Lichen-related fungi of U. longissima mainly came from Ascomycota (95%), Basidiomycota (2.69%), and unidentified phyla (2.5%). The presence of the sequences that have not been characterized before suggests the novelty of the microbiota. Of particular interest is the detection of sequences related to lactic acid bacteria and budding yeast. In addition, the possible existence of harmful bacteria was also discussed. To our best knowledge, this is the first relatively detailed study on the endophytic microbiota associated with U. longissima. The results here provide the basis for further exploration of the microbial diversity in lichen and promote biotechnological applications of lichen-associated microbial strains.
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- Qi Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- R&D Center, JALA Group Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- R&D Center, JALA Group Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Xin-Qing Zhao,
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Senn S, Bhattacharyya S, Presley G, Taylor AE, Nash B, Enke RA, Barnard-Kubow KB, Ford J, Jasinski B, Badalova Y. The Functional Biogeography of eDNA Metacommunities in the Post-Fire Landscape of the Angeles National Forest. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10061218. [PMID: 35744735 PMCID: PMC9229275 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10061218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Revised: 05/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Wildfires have continued to increase in frequency and severity in Southern California due in part to climate change. To gain a further understanding of microbial soil communities’ response to fire and functions that may enhance post-wildfire resilience, soil fungal and bacterial microbiomes were studied from different wildfire areas in the Gold Creek Preserve within the Angeles National Forest using 16S, FITS, 18S, 12S, PITS, and COI amplicon sequencing. Sequencing datasets from December 2020 and June 2021 samplings were analyzed using QIIME2, ranacapa, stats, vcd, EZBioCloud, and mixomics. Significant differences were found among bacterial and fungal taxa associated with different fire areas in the Gold Creek Preserve. There was evidence of seasonal shifts in the alpha diversity of the bacterial communities. In the sparse partial least squares analysis, there were strong associations (r > 0.8) between longitude, elevation, and a defined cluster of Amplicon Sequence Variants (ASVs). The Chi-square test revealed differences in fungi−bacteria (F:B) proportions between different trails (p = 2 × 10−16). sPLS results focused on a cluster of Green Trail samples with high elevation and longitude. Analysis revealed the cluster included the post-fire pioneer fungi Pyronema and Tremella. Chlorellales algae and possibly pathogenic Fusarium sequences were elevated. Bacterivorous Corallococcus, which secretes antimicrobials, and bacterivorous flagellate Spumella were associated with the cluster. There was functional redundancy in clusters that were differently composed but shared similar ecological functions. These results implied a set of traits for post-fire resiliency. These included photo-autotrophy, mineralization of pyrolyzed organic matter and aromatic/oily compounds, potential pathogenicity and parasitism, antimicrobials, and N-metabolism.
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- Savanah Senn
- Department of Agriculture Sciences, Los Angeles Pierce College, 6201 Winnetka Avenue, PMB 553, Woodland Hills, CA 91304, USA; (J.F.); (B.J.); (Y.B.)
- Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; (S.B.); (G.P.); (A.E.T.)
- Correspondence:
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- Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; (S.B.); (G.P.); (A.E.T.)
- Department of Statistics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; (S.B.); (G.P.); (A.E.T.)
- Department of Wood Science & Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; (S.B.); (G.P.); (A.E.T.)
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA;
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- Department of Biology, Center for Genome & Metagenome Studies, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA; (R.A.E.); (K.B.B.-K.)
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- Department of Biology, Center for Genome & Metagenome Studies, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA; (R.A.E.); (K.B.B.-K.)
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- Department of Agriculture Sciences, Los Angeles Pierce College, 6201 Winnetka Avenue, PMB 553, Woodland Hills, CA 91304, USA; (J.F.); (B.J.); (Y.B.)
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- Department of Agriculture Sciences, Los Angeles Pierce College, 6201 Winnetka Avenue, PMB 553, Woodland Hills, CA 91304, USA; (J.F.); (B.J.); (Y.B.)
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- Department of Agriculture Sciences, Los Angeles Pierce College, 6201 Winnetka Avenue, PMB 553, Woodland Hills, CA 91304, USA; (J.F.); (B.J.); (Y.B.)
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Tuovinen V, Millanes AM, Freire-Rallo S, Rosling A, Wedin M. Tremella macrobasidiata and Tremella variae have abundant and widespread yeast stages in Lecanora lichens. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:2484-2498. [PMID: 33684261 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Dimorphism is a widespread feature of tremellalean fungi in general, but a little-studied aspect of the biology of lichen-associated Tremella. We show that Tremella macrobasidiata and Tremella variae have an abundant and widespread yeast stage in their life cycles that occurs in Lecanora lichens. Their sexual filamentous stage is restricted to a specific lichen: T. macrobasidiata only forms basidiomata on Lecanora chlarotera hymenia and T. variae only on Lecanora varia thalli. However, the yeast stage of T. macrobasidiata is less specific and can occur in L. varia lichens, whilst all life stages of T. variae may be specific to L. varia. Contrary to the hyphal stages, the yeasts are distributed across the thalli and hymenia of Lecanora lichens, and not limited to specimens with basidiomata. Tremella macrobasidiata was present in all studied L. chlarotera, and in 59% of L. varia specimens. Only in 8% of the L. varia thalli could none of the two Tremella species be detected. Our results indicate that lichen-associated Tremella may be much more abundant and widespread than previously assumed leading to skewed estimations about their distribution ranges and lichen specificity, and raise new questions about their biology, ecology and function in the symbiosis.
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- Veera Tuovinen
- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Norbyvägen 18D, 752 36, Sweden.,Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, P.O. Box 50007, SE-104 05, Sweden
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, E-28933, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, E-28933, Spain
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Norbyvägen 18D, 752 36, Sweden
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- Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, P.O. Box 50007, SE-104 05, Sweden
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Rajulu MBG, Thirunavukkarasu N, Kumar SS, Kaur T, Reddy MS, Suryanarayanan TS. Endolichenic fungal diversity associated with some lichens of the Western Ghats. PLANTA MEDICA 2020; 86:960-966. [PMID: 31766071 DOI: 10.1055/a-1045-1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A total of 389 strains of fungi belonging to 38 species were isolated from 10 lichen species of the Western Ghats, southern India. All the lichens screened, irrespective of their growth forms or location, harboured endolichenic fungi. Most of the fungi belonged to the Ascomycotina. Chaetomium sp. 1, Hypoxylon investiens, Nemania bipapillata, Nodulisporium sp., Paecilomyces sp., and Sporormiella intermedia were the most common ones and were present in 5 or more lichen species. Of the 28 sporulating fungi, 7 belonged to Xylariales, and their total colonization frequency in all the lichens was also high. This observation further substantiates the high ecological amplitude of Xylariales, possibly due to overlapping ecological niches and their ability to inhibit co-occurring endolichenic fungi.
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- Divecha Centre for Climate Change & Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, Punjab, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, Punjab, India
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Diversity and Distribution Patterns of Endolichenic Fungi in Jeju Island, South Korea. SUSTAINABILITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/su12093769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Lichens are symbiotic organisms containing diverse microorganisms. Endolichenic fungi (ELF) are one of the inhabitants living in lichen thalli, and have potential ecological and industrial applications due to their various secondary metabolites. As the function of endophytic fungi on the plant ecology and ecosystem sustainability, ELF may have an influence on the lichen diversity and the ecosystem, functioning similarly to the influence of endophytic fungi on plant ecology and ecosystem sustainability, which suggests the importance of understanding the diversity and community pattern of ELF. In this study, we investigated the diversity and the factors influencing the community structure of ELF in Jeju Island, South Korea by analyzing 619 fungal isolates from 79 lichen samples in Jeju Island. A total of 112 ELF species was identified and the most common species belonged to Xylariales in Sordariomycetes. The richness and community structure of ELF were significantly influenced by the host taxonomy, together with the photobiont types and environmental factors. Our results suggest that various lichen species in more diverse environments need to be analyzed to expand our knowledge of the diversity and ecology of ELF.
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Noh HJ, Lee YM, Park CH, Lee HK, Cho JC, Hong SG. Microbiome in Cladonia squamosa Is Vertically Stratified According to Microclimatic Conditions. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:268. [PMID: 32161575 PMCID: PMC7053493 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Lichens are miniature ecosystems that contain fungi, microalgae, and bacteria. It is generally accepted that symbiosis between mycobiont and photobiont and microbial contribution to the ecosystem support the wide distribution of lichens in terrestrial ecosystems, including polar areas. The composition of symbiotic components can be affected by subtle microenvironmental differences within a thallus, as well as large-scale climate differences. In this study, we investigated fine-scale profiles of algal, fungal, and bacterial compositions through horizontal and vertical positions of the Antarctic lichen Cladonia squamosa colonies by next-generation sequencing of the nuclear large subunit rRNA gene (nucLSU) of eukaryotes and the 16S rRNA gene of bacteria. Apical parts of thalli were exposed to strong light, low moisture, and high variability of temperature compared with basal parts. Microbial diversity increased from apical parts to basal parts of thalli. Asterochloris erici was the major photobiont in apical positions of thalli, but other microalgal operational taxonomic units (OTUs) of Trebouxiophyceae and Ulvophyceae were major microalgal components in basal positions. Photochemical responses of algal components from apical and basal parts of thalli were quite different under variable temperature and humidity conditions. Several fungal OTUs that belonged to Arthoniomycetes and Lecanoromycetes, and diverse bacterial OTUs that belonged to Alphaproteobacteria, Acidobacteria_Gp1, and candidate division WPS-2 showed a clear distribution pattern according to their vertical positions within thalli. The overall lichen microbiome was significantly differentiated by the vertical position within a thallus. These results imply that different microclimate are formed at different lichen thallus parts, which can affect microbial compositions and physiological responses according to positions within the thalli.
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- Hyun-Ju Noh
- Division of Polar Life Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, South Korea
- Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea
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- Division of Polar Life Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, South Korea
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- Division of Polar Life Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, South Korea
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- Division of Polar Life Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea
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- Division of Polar Life Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, South Korea
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Łubek A, Kukwa M, Czortek P, Jaroszewicz B. Lichenicolous fungi are more specialized than their lichen hosts in primeval forest ecosystems, Białowieża Forest, northeast Poland. FUNGAL ECOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2019.100866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Cañón ERP, de Albuquerque MP, Alves RP, Pereira AB, Victoria FDC. Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Three Endolichenic Isolates of Xylaria (Xylariaceae), from Cladonia curta Ahti & Marcelli (Cladoniaceae). PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 8:E399. [PMID: 31597306 PMCID: PMC6843379 DOI: 10.3390/plants8100399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Revised: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Endophyte biology is a branch of science that contributes to the understanding of the diversity and ecology of microorganisms that live inside plants, fungi, and lichen. Considering that the diversity of endolichenic fungi is little explored, and its phylogenetic relationship with other lifestyles (endophytism and saprotrophism) is still to be explored in detail, this paper presents data on axenic cultures and phylogenetic relationships of three endolichenic fungi, isolated in laboratory. Cladonia curta Ahti & Marcelli, a species of lichen described in Brazil, is distributed at three sites in the Southeast of the country, in mesophilous forests and the Cerrado. Initial hyphal growth of Xylaria spp. on C. curta podetia started four days after inoculation and continued for the next 13 days until the hyphae completely covered the podetia. Stromata formation and differentiation was observed, occurring approximately after one year of isolation and consecutive subculture of lineages. Phylogenetic analyses indicate lineages of endolichenic fungi in the genus Xylaria, even as the morphological characteristics of the colonies and anamorphous stromata confirm this classification. Our preliminary results provide evidence that these endolichenic fungi are closely related to endophytic fungi, suggesting that the associations are not purely incidental. Further studies, especially phylogenetic analyses using robust multi-locus datasets, are needed to accept or reject the hypothesis that endolichenic fungi isolated from Xylaria spp. and X. berteri are conspecific.
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- Ehidy Rocio Peña Cañón
- Grupo de Investigación Biología para la Conservación, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Avenida Central del Norte 39-115, 150003 Tunja, Colombia.
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- Núcleo de Estudos da Vegetação Antártica (NEVA), Universidade Federal do Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Avenida Antônio Trilha, 1847, 97300-000 São Gabriel CEP, Brazil.
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Andre Araujo Avenue, 2936, 69067-375 Manaus, Brazil.
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- Núcleo de Estudos da Vegetação Antártica (NEVA), Universidade Federal do Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Avenida Antônio Trilha, 1847, 97300-000 São Gabriel CEP, Brazil.
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- Núcleo de Estudos da Vegetação Antártica (NEVA), Universidade Federal do Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Avenida Antônio Trilha, 1847, 97300-000 São Gabriel CEP, Brazil.
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Lagarde A, Millot M, Pinon A, Liagre B, Girardot M, Imbert C, Ouk T, Jargeat P, Mambu L. Antiproliferative and antibiofilm potentials of endolichenic fungi associated with the lichen
Nephroma laevigatum. J Appl Microbiol 2019; 126:1044-1058. [DOI: 10.1111/jam.14188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Revised: 11/21/2018] [Accepted: 12/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- A. Lagarde
- Département de Pharmacognosie Laboratoire PEIRENE – EA 7500 Université de Limoges Limoges France
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- Département de Pharmacognosie Laboratoire PEIRENE – EA 7500 Université de Limoges Limoges France
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- Laboratoire PEIRENE – EA 7500 Université de Limoges Limoges France
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- Laboratoire PEIRENE – EA 7500 Université de Limoges Limoges France
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- UMR CNRS 7267, Laboratoire Écologie et biologie des interactions Université de Poitiers Poitiers France
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- UMR CNRS 7267, Laboratoire Écologie et biologie des interactions Université de Poitiers Poitiers France
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- Laboratoire PEIRENE – EA 7500 Université de Limoges Limoges France
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- UMR 5174 UPS‐CNRS‐IRD, Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique Université de Toulouse 3 Toulouse France
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- Département de Pharmacognosie Laboratoire PEIRENE – EA 7500 Université de Limoges Limoges France
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Tuovinen V, Ekman S, Thor G, Vanderpool D, Spribille T, Johannesson H. Two Basidiomycete Fungi in the Cortex of Wolf Lichens. Curr Biol 2019; 29:476-483.e5. [PMID: 30661799 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2018] [Revised: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Since the late 1800s, mycologists have been detecting fungi above and beyond the assumed single fungus in lichen thalli [1-6]. Over the last century, these fungi have been accorded roles ranging from commensalists to pathogens. Recently, Cyphobasidiales yeasts were shown to be ubiquitous in the cortex layer of many macrolichens [7], but for most species, little is known of their cellular distribution and constancy beyond visible fruiting structures. Here, we demonstrate the occurrence of an additional and distantly related basidiomycete, Tremella, in 95% of studied thalli in a global sample of one of the most intensively studied groups of lichens, the wolf lichens (genus Letharia). Tremella species are reported from a wide range of lichen genera [8], but until now, their biology was deduced from fruiting bodies (basidiomata) formed on lichen thalli. Based on this, they have been thought to be uncommon to rare, to occur exclusively in a hyphal form, and to be parasitic on the dominant fungal partner [9, 10]. We show that, in wolf lichens, Tremella occurs as yeast cells also in thalli that lack basidiomata and infer that this is its dominant stage in nature. We further show that the hyphal stage, when present in Letharia, is in close contact with algal cells, challenging the assumption that lichen-associated Tremella species are uniformly mycoparasites. Our results suggest that extent of occurrence and cellular interactions of known fungi within lichens have historically been underestimated and raise new questions about their function in specific lichen symbioses.
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- Veera Tuovinen
- Department of Biological Sciences CW 405, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada; Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 7044, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 16, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 7044, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812, USA; Department of Biology, Indiana University, 1001 East Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences CW 405, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada
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- Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
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Fungal Diversity in Lichens: From Extremotolerance to Interactions with Algae. Life (Basel) 2018; 8:life8020015. [PMID: 29789469 PMCID: PMC6027233 DOI: 10.3390/life8020015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2018] [Revised: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Lichen symbioses develop long-living thallus structures even in the harshest environments on Earth. These structures are also habitats for many other microscopic organisms, including other fungi, which vary in their specificity and interaction with the whole symbiotic system. This contribution reviews the recent progress regarding the understanding of the lichen-inhabiting fungi that are achieved by multiphasic approaches (culturing, microscopy, and sequencing). The lichen mycobiome comprises a more or less specific pool of species that can develop symptoms on their hosts, a generalist environmental pool, and a pool of transient species. Typically, the fungal classes Dothideomycetes, Eurotiomycetes, Leotiomycetes, Sordariomycetes, and Tremellomycetes predominate the associated fungal communities. While symptomatic lichenicolous fungi belong to lichen-forming lineages, many of the other fungi that are found have close relatives that are known from different ecological niches, including both plant and animal pathogens, and rock colonizers. A significant fraction of yet unnamed melanized (‘black’) fungi belong to the classes Chaethothyriomycetes and Dothideomycetes. These lineages tolerate the stressful conditions and harsh environments that affect their hosts, and therefore are interpreted as extremotolerant fungi. Some of these taxa can also form lichen-like associations with the algae of the lichen system when they are enforced to symbiosis by co-culturing assays.
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Bioassessment of a Drinking Water Reservoir Using Plankton: High Throughput Sequencing vs. Traditional Morphological Method. WATER 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/w10010082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Fernández-Mendoza F, Fleischhacker A, Kopun T, Grube M, Muggia L. ITS1 metabarcoding highlights low specificity of lichen mycobiomes at a local scale. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:4811-4830. [PMID: 28771869 DOI: 10.1111/mec.14244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2016] [Revised: 05/22/2017] [Accepted: 07/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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As self-supporting and long-living symbiotic structures, lichens provide a habitat for many other organisms beside the traditionally considered lichen symbionts-the myco- and the photobionts. The lichen-inhabiting fungi either develop diagnostic phenotypes or occur asymptomatically. Because the degree of specificity towards the lichen host is poorly known, we studied the diversity of these fungi among neighbouring lichens on rocks in an alpine habitat. Using a sequencing metabarcoding approach, we show that lichen mycobiomes clearly reflect the overlap of multiple ecological sets of taxa, which differ in their trophic association with lichen thalli. The lack of specificity to the lichen mycobiome is further supported by the lack of community structure observed using clustering and ordination methods. The communities encountered across samples largely result from the subsampling of a shared species pool, in which we identify three major ecological components: (i) a generalist environmental pool, (ii) a lichenicolous/endolichenic pool and (iii) a pool of transient species. These taxa majorly belong to the fungal classes Dothideomycetes, Eurotiomycetes and Tremellomycetes with close relatives in adjacent ecological niches. We found no significant evidence that the phenotypically recognized lichenicolous fungi influence the occurrence of the other asymptomatic fungi in the host thalli. We claim that lichens work as suboptimal habitats or as a complex spore and mycelium bank, which modulate and allow the regeneration of local fungal communities. By performing an approach that minimizes ambiguities in the taxonomic assignments of fungi, we present how lichen mycobiomes are also suitable targets for improving bioinformatic analyses of fungal metabarcoding.
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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Suryanarayanan TS, Thirunavukkarasu N. Endolichenic fungi: the lesser known fungal associates of lichens. Mycology 2017; 8:189-196. [PMID: 30123639 PMCID: PMC6059131 DOI: 10.1080/21501203.2017.1352048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Lichens are the result of a stable mutualism between a fungal and a photosynthesising partner (alga or cyanobacterium). In addition to the fungal partner in this mutualism, lichens are associated with endolichenic fungi which reside inside their thalli. The endolichenic fungi appear to have evolved with the lichen and many of them are a source of novel metabolites vested with unique bioactivities. There is very little information on the biology of endolichenic fungi and their interactions with the other components of a lichen microbiome. There is an urgent need to understand these aspects of endolichenic fungi such that their ecology and economic potential are known more completely. The current knowledge on endolichenic fungi is reviewed here.
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