@article{WurzbacherWarthmannBourneetal.2016,
  author    = {Wurzbacher, Christian and Warthmann, Norman and Bourne, Elizabeth Charlotte and Attermeyer, Katrin and Allgaier, Martin and Powell, Jeff R. and Detering, Harald and Mbedi, Susan and Großart, Hans-Peter and Monaghan, Michael T.},
  title     = {High habitat-specificity in fungal communities in oligo-mesotrophic, temperate Lake Stechlin (North-East Germany)},
  series = {MycoKeys},
  volume    = {41},
  journal   = {MycoKeys},
  publisher = {Pensoft Publ.},
  address   = {Sofia},
  issn      = {1314-4057},
  doi       = {10.3897/mycokeys.16.9646},
  pages     = {17 -- 44},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Freshwater fungi are a poorly studied ecological group that includes a high taxonomic diversity. Most studies on aquatic fungal diversity have focused on single habitats, thus the linkage between habitat heterogeneity and fungal diversity remains largely unexplored. We took 216 samples from 54 locations representing eight different habitats in the meso-oligotrophic, temperate Lake Stechlin in North-East Germany. These included the pelagic and littoral water column, sediments, and biotic substrates. We performed high throughput sequencing using the Roche 454 platform, employing a universal eukaryotic marker region within the large ribosomal subunit (LSU) to compare fungal diversity, community structure, and species turnover among habitats. Our analysis recovered 1027 fungal OTUs (97\% sequence similarity). Richness estimates were highest in the sediment, biofilms, and benthic samples (189-231 OTUs), intermediate in water samples (42-85 OTUs), and lowest in plankton samples (8 OTUs). NMDS grouped the eight studied habitats into six clusters, indicating that community composition was strongly influenced by turnover among habitats. Fungal communities exhibited changes at the phylum and order levels along three different substrate categories from littoral to pelagic habitats. The large majority of OTUs (> 75\%) could not be classified below the order level due to the lack of aquatic fungal entries in public sequence databases. Our study provides a first estimate of lake-wide fungal diversity and highlights the important contribution of habitat heterogeneity to overall diversity and community composition. Habitat diversity should be considered in any sampling strategy aiming to assess the fungal diversity of a water body.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{IlicicGrossart2022,
  author    = {Ilicic, Doris and Grossart, Hans-Peter},
  title     = {Basal parasitic fungi in marine food webs-a mystery yet to unravel},
  series = {Journal of Fungi},
  volume    = {8},
  journal   = {Journal of Fungi},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel},
  issn      = {2309-608X},
  doi       = {10.3390/jof8020114},
  pages     = {16},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Although aquatic and parasitic fungi have been well known for more than 100 years, they have only recently received increased awareness due to their key roles in microbial food webs and biogeochemical cycles. There is growing evidence indicating that fungi inhabit a wide range of marine habitats, from the deep sea all the way to surface waters, and recent advances in molecular tools, in particular metagenome approaches, reveal that their diversity is much greater and their ecological roles more important than previously considered. Parasitism constitutes one of the most widespread ecological interactions in nature, occurring in almost all environments. Despite that, the diversity of fungal parasites, their ecological functions, and, in particular their interactions with other microorganisms remain largely speculative, unexplored and are often missing from current theoretical concepts in marine ecology and biogeochemistry. In this review, we summarize and discuss recent research avenues on parasitic fungi and their ecological potential in marine ecosystems, e.g., the fungal shunt, and emphasize the need for further research.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{GrossartWurzbacherJamesetal.2016,
  author    = {Großart, Hans-Peter and Wurzbacher, Christian and James, Timothy Y. and Kagami, Maiko},
  title     = {Discovery of dark matter fungi in aquatic ecosystems demands a reappraisal of the phylogeny and ecology of zoosporic fungi},
  series = {Fungal ecology},
  volume    = {19},
  journal   = {Fungal ecology},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {1754-5048},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.funeco.2015.06.004},
  pages     = {28 -- 38},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Our knowledge of zoosporic fungal phylogeny, physiology, and ecological functions, in particular their role in aquatic food web dynamics and biogeochemistry, is limited. The recent discovery of numerous dark matter fungi (DMF), i.e., uncultured and poorly known taxa belonging to early diverging branches of the fungal tree (namely the Rozellomycota and Chytridiomycota) calls for reconsideration of the phylogeny and ecology of zoosporic fungi. In this opinion paper, we summarize the exploration of new, recently discovered lineages of DMF and their implications for the ecology, evolution, and biogeography of the rapidly growing fungal tree. We also discuss possible ecological roles of zoosporic fungi in relation to recent methodological developments including single cell genomics and cultivation efforts. Finally, we suggest linking explorative with experimental research to gain deeper insights into the physiology and ecological functioning of zoosporic fungi DMF in aquatic habitats. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd and The British Mycological Society. All rights reserved.},
  language  = {en}
}