Key ecological roles for zoosporic true fungi in aquatic habitats

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Gleason, Frank H., Scholz, Bettina, Jephcott, Thomas G., Van Ogtrop, Floris, Henderson, Linda, Lilje, Osu, Kittelmann, Sandra and Macarthur, Deborah. (2017). Key ecological roles for zoosporic true fungi in aquatic habitats. Microbiology Spectrum. 5(2), pp. 1 - 18. https://doi.org/10.1128/microbiolspec.FUNK-0038-2016
AuthorsGleason, Frank H., Scholz, Bettina, Jephcott, Thomas G., Van Ogtrop, Floris, Henderson, Linda, Lilje, Osu, Kittelmann, Sandra and Macarthur, Deborah
Abstract

The diversity and abundance of zoosporic true fungi have been analyzed recently using fungal sequence libraries and advances in molecular methods, such as high-throughput sequencing. This review focuses on four evolutionary primitive true fungal phyla: the Aphelidea, Chytridiomycota, Neocallimastigomycota, and Rosellida (Cryptomycota), most species of which are not polycentric or mycelial (filamentous), rather they tend to be primarily monocentric (unicellular). Zoosporic fungi appear to be both abundant and diverse in many aquatic habitats around the world, with abundance often exceeding other fungal phyla in these habitats, and numerous novel genetic sequences identified. Zoosporic fungi are able to survive extreme conditions, such as high and extremely low pH; however, more work remains to be done. They appear to have important ecological roles as saprobes in decomposition of particulate organic substrates, pollen, plant litter, and dead animals; as parasites of zooplankton and algae; as parasites of vertebrate animals (such as frogs); and as symbionts in the digestive tracts of mammals. Some chytrids cause economically important diseases of plants and animals. They regulate sizes of phytoplankton populations. Further metagenomics surveys of aquatic ecosystems are expected to enlarge our knowledge of the diversity of true zoosporic fungi. Coupled with studies on their functional ecology, we are moving closer to unraveling the role of zoosporic fungi in carbon cycling and the impact of climate change on zoosporic fungal populations.

Year2017
JournalMicrobiology Spectrum
Journal citation5 (2), pp. 1 - 18
PublisherAmerican Society for Microbiology
ISSN2165-0497
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1128/microbiolspec.FUNK-0038-2016
Page range1 - 18
Research GroupSchool of Behavioural and Health Sciences
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