A thready affair: linking fungal diversity and community dynamics to terrestrial decomposition processes

A Van der Wal, TD Geydan, TW Kuyper… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Filamentous fungi are critical to the decomposition of terrestrial organic matter and,
consequently, in the global carbon cycle. In particular, their contribution to degradation of …

Early diverging fungi: diversity and impact at the dawn of terrestrial life

ML Berbee, TY James… - Annual Review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
As decomposers or plant pathogens, fungi deploy invasive growth and powerful
carbohydrate active enzymes to reduce multicellular plant tissues to humus and simple …

Microbial players involved in the decline of filamentous and colonial cyanobacterial blooms with a focus on fungal parasitism

M Gerphagnon, DJ Macarthur, D Latour… - Environmental …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In the forthcoming decades, it is widely believed that the dominance of colonial and
filamentous bloom‐forming cyanobacteria (eg M icrocystis, P lanktothrix, A nabaena and C …

Freshwater fungal biology

MS Calabon, KD Hyde, EBG Jones, DF Bao… - …, 2023 - estudogeral.uc.pt
Research into freshwater fungi has generated a wealth of information over the past decades
with various published articles, ie, reviews, books, and monographs. With the advancement …

Stabilized microbial necromass in soil is more strongly coupled with microbial diversity than the bioavailability of plant inputs

G Angst, Š Angst, J Frouz, S Jabinski, V Jílková… - Soil Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microbial necromass carbon (C) can substantially contribute to stabilized soil organic matter
(SOM), and effective management of this C may help mitigate climate change. However …

Effects of damping-off caused by Rhizoctonia solani anastomosis group 2-1 on roots of wheat and oil seed rape quantified using X-ray Computed Tomography and …

CJ Sturrock, J Woodhall, M Brown, C Walker… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Rhizoctonia solani is a plant pathogenic fungus that causes significant establishment and
yield losses to several important food crops globally. This is the first application of high …

Micro-fractionation shows microbial community changes in soil particles below 20 μm

C Keuschnig, JMF Martins, A Navel… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Micro-scale analysis of microbes in soil is essential to the overall understanding
of microbial organization, interactions, and ecosystem functioning. Soil fractionation …

Metatranscriptomics and metabarcoding reveal spatiotemporal shifts in fungal communities and their activities in Chinese coastal waters

M Wang, P Mara, G Burgaud, V Edgcomb… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fungal communities are diverse and abundant in coastal waters, yet, their ecological roles
and adaptations remain largely unknown. To address these gaps, ITS2 metabarcoding and …

Chytrids in soil environments: Unique adaptations and distributions

DG Hanrahan-Tan, O Lilje, L Henderson - Encyclopedia, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chytridiomycota (zoosporic true fungi) have a consistent presence in soils and have been
frequently identified within many diverse terrestrial environments. However, Chytridiomycota …

Abiotic and biotic factors regulating inter-kingdom engagement between insects and microbe activity on vertebrate remains

HR Jordan, JK Tomberlin - Insects, 2017 - mdpi.com
A number of abiotic and biotic factors are known to regulate arthropod attraction,
colonization, and utilization of decomposing vertebrate remains. Such information is critical …