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Collateral effects of microplastic pollution on aquatic microorganisms: An ecological perspective
(2018-12-05)
Microplastics (MP) provide a unique and extensive surface for microbial colonization in aquatic ecosystems. The formation of microorganism-microplastic complexes, such as biofilms, maximizes the degradation of organic ...
Early diverging lineages within Cryptomycota and Chytridiomycota dominate the fungal communities in ice-covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
(2017-11)
Antarctic ice-covered lakes are exceptional sites for studying the ecology of aquatic fungi under conditions of minimal human disturbance. In this study, we explored the diversity and community composition of fungi in five ...
FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles
(2021-01-19)
The cryptic lifestyle of most fungi necessitates molecular identification of the guild in environmental studies. Over the past decades, rapid development and affordability of molecular tools have tremendously improved ...
Fungal Communities in Sediments Along a Depth Gradient in the Eastern Tropical Pacific
(2020-11-06)
Deep waters represent the largest biome on Earth and the largest ecosystem of Costa Rica. Fungi play a fundamental role in global biogeochemical cycling in marine sediments, yet, they remain little explored. We studied ...
The contrasting roles of aquatic fungi and oomycetes in the degradation and transformation of polymeric organic matter
(2019)
Studies on the ecological role of fungi and, to a lesser extent, oomycetes, are receiving increasing attention, mainly due to their participation in the cycling of organic matter in aquatic ecosystems. To unravel their ...
Isolation of Fungi and Bacteria Associated with the Guts of Tropical Wood-Feeding Coleoptera and Determination of Their Lignocellulolytic Activities
(2015-08)
The guts of beetle larvae constitute a complex system where relationships among fungi, bacteria, and the insect host occur. In this study, we collected larvae of five families of wood-feeding Coleoptera in tropical forests ...
Temperature and elemental sulfur shape microbial communities in two extremely acidic aquatic volcanic environments
(2021)
Aquatic environments of volcanic origin provide an exceptional opportunity to study the adaptations of microbial communities to early planet life conditions such as high temperatures, high metal concentrations, and low pH. ...
A ClC Chloride Channel Homolog and Ornithine-Containing Membrane Lipids of Rhizobium tropici CIAT899 Are Involved in Symbiotic Efficiency and Acid Tolerance
(2005)
Rhizobium tropici CIAT899 is highly tolerant to several environmental stresses and is a good competitor for nodule occupancy of common bean plants in acid soils. Random transposon mutagenesis was performed to identify novel ...
Microorganismos del corredor marino Isla del Coco-Galápagos: diversidad funcional y de especies
(2018)
El corredor marino Isla del Coco-Galápagos, en su conjunto, constituye un santuario para la protección de especies marinas en la región oriental del Pacífico Tropical. La alta biodiversidad de macroorganismos ha sido ...
Integrating chytrid fungal parasites into plankton ecology: research gaps and needs
(2017-06-15)
Chytridiomycota, often referred to as chytrids, can be virulent parasites with the potential to inflict mass mortalities on hosts, causing e.g. changes in phytoplankton size distributions and succession, and the delay or ...