Fungi in aquatic ecosystems

HP Grossart, S Van den Wyngaert, M Kagami… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Fungi are phylogenetically and functionally diverse ubiquitous components of almost all
ecosystems on Earth, including aquatic environments stretching from high montane lakes …

Aquatic fungi: targeting the forgotten in microbial ecology

HP Grossart, K Rojas-Jimenez - Current opinion in microbiology, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•The real diversity of fungi in aquatic ecosystems is likely to be underestimated.•
Aquatic fungi play key ecological roles in food webs and show significant capabilities to …

Diversity and functions of microscopic fungi: a missing component in pelagic food webs

M Jobard, S Rasconi, T Sime-Ngando - Aquatic Sciences, 2010 - Springer
Fungi are a highly complex group of organisms of the kingdom Eumycota (ie the true-fungi)
and other fungus-like organisms traditionally studied by mycologists, such as slime molds …

Fungi in the marine environment: Open questions and unsolved problems

A Amend, G Burgaud, M Cunliffe, VP Edgcomb… - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Terrestrial fungi play critical roles in nutrient cycling and food webs and can shape
macroorganism communities as parasites and mutualists. Although estimates for the number …

Fungi in lake ecosystems

CM Wurzbacher, F Bärlocher, HP Grossart - Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 2010 - int-res.com
This review highlights the presence and ecological roles of fungi in lakes, and aims to
stimulate research in aquatic mycology. In the study of lentic systems, this field is an almost …

A combined microscopy and single-cell sequencing approach reveals the ecology, morphology, and phylogeny of uncultured lineages of zoosporic fungi

K Seto, DR Simmons, CA Quandt, T Frenken, AC Dirks… - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Environmental DNA analyses of fungal communities typically reveal a much larger diversity
than can be ascribed to known species. Much of this hidden diversity lies within undescribed …

Discovery of dark matter fungi in aquatic ecosystems demands a reappraisal of the phylogeny and ecology of zoosporic fungi

HP Grossart, C Wurzbacher, TY James, M Kagami - Fungal Ecology, 2016 - Elsevier
Our knowledge of zoosporic fungal phylogeny, physiology, and ecological functions, in
particular their role in aquatic food web dynamics and biogeochemistry, is limited. The …

Biodiversity of leaf litter fungi in streams along a latitudinal gradient

S Seena, F Bärlocher, O Sobral, MO Gessner… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Global patterns of biodiversity have emerged for soil microorganisms, plants and animals,
and the extraordinary significance of microbial functions in ecosystems is also well …

[HTML][HTML] Marine fungi

AS Gladfelter, TY James, AS Amend - Current Biology, 2019 - cell.com
Fungi play a dominant role in terrestrial environments where they thrive in symbiotic
associations with plants and animals and are integral to nutrient cycling in diverse …

Fungi as mediators linking organisms and ecosystems

M Bahram, T Netherway - FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Fungi form a major and diverse component of most ecosystems on Earth. They are both
micro and macroorganisms with high and varying functional diversity as well as great …