TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ilicic, Doris
A1  - Woodhouse, Jason
A1  - Karsten, Ulf
A1  - Zimmermann, Jonas
A1  - Wichard, Thomas
A1  - Quartino, Maria Liliana
A1  - Campana, Gabriela Laura
A1  - Livenets, Alexandra
A1  - Van den Wyngaert, Silke
A1  - Grossart, Hans-Peter
T1  - Antarctic Glacial Meltwater Impacts the Diversity of Fungal Parasites Associated With Benthic Diatoms in Shallow Coastal Zones
JF  - Frontiers in microbiology
N2  - Aquatic ecosystems are frequently overlooked as fungal habitats, although there is increasing evidence that their diversity and ecological importance are greater than previously considered. Aquatic fungi are critical and abundant components of nutrient cycling and food web dynamics, e.g., exerting top-down control on phytoplankton communities and forming symbioses with many marine microorganisms. However, their relevance for microphytobenthic communities is almost unexplored. In the light of global warming, polar regions face extreme changes in abiotic factors with a severe impact on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Therefore, this study aimed to describe, for the first time, fungal diversity in Antarctic benthic habitats along the salinity gradient and to determine the co-occurrence of fungal parasites with their algal hosts, which were dominated by benthic diatoms. Our results reveal that Ascomycota and Chytridiomycota are the most abundant fungal taxa in these habitats. We show that also in Antarctic waters, salinity has a major impact on shaping not just fungal but rather the whole eukaryotic community composition, with a diversity of aquatic fungi increasing as salinity decreases. Moreover, we determined correlations between putative fungal parasites and potential benthic diatom hosts, highlighting the need for further systematic analysis of fungal diversity along with studies on taxonomy and ecological roles of Chytridiomycota.
KW  - Antarctica
KW  - aquatic fungi
KW  - Chytridiomycota
KW  - phytoplankton host
KW  - salinity gradient
KW  - Illumina amplicon sequencing
KW  - Carlini Station
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.805694
SN  - 1664-302X
IS  - 13
PB  - Frontiers Media
CY  - Lausanne
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Ilicic, Doris
A1  - Woodhouse, Jason
A1  - Karsten, Ulf
A1  - Zimmermann, Jonas
A1  - Wichard, Thomas
A1  - Quartino, Maria Liliana
A1  - Campana, Gabriela Laura
A1  - Livenets, Alexandra
A1  - Van den Wyngaert, Silke
A1  - Grossart, Hans-Peter
T1  - Antarctic Glacial Meltwater Impacts the Diversity of Fungal Parasites Associated With Benthic Diatoms in Shallow Coastal Zones
T2  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - Aquatic ecosystems are frequently overlooked as fungal habitats, although there is increasing evidence that their diversity and ecological importance are greater than previously considered. Aquatic fungi are critical and abundant components of nutrient cycling and food web dynamics, e.g., exerting top-down control on phytoplankton communities and forming symbioses with many marine microorganisms. However, their relevance for microphytobenthic communities is almost unexplored. In the light of global warming, polar regions face extreme changes in abiotic factors with a severe impact on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Therefore, this study aimed to describe, for the first time, fungal diversity in Antarctic benthic habitats along the salinity gradient and to determine the co-occurrence of fungal parasites with their algal hosts, which were dominated by benthic diatoms. Our results reveal that Ascomycota and Chytridiomycota are the most abundant fungal taxa in these habitats. We show that also in Antarctic waters, salinity has a major impact on shaping not just fungal but rather the whole eukaryotic community composition, with a diversity of aquatic fungi increasing as salinity decreases. Moreover, we determined correlations between putative fungal parasites and potential benthic diatom hosts, highlighting the need for further systematic analysis of fungal diversity along with studies on taxonomy and ecological roles of Chytridiomycota.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 1290 
KW  - Antarctica
KW  - aquatic fungi
KW  - Chytridiomycota
KW  - phytoplankton host
KW  - salinity gradient
KW  - Illumina amplicon sequencing
KW  - Carlini Station
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-572895
SN  - 1866-8372
IS  - 1290
ER  -