Current insight into traditional and modern methods in fungal diversity estimates

AK Gautam, RK Verma, S Avasthi, Sushma, Y Bohra… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fungi are an important and diverse component in various ecosystems. The methods to
identify different fungi are an important step in any mycological study. Classical methods of …

GlobalFungi, a global database of fungal occurrences from high-throughput-sequencing metabarcoding studies

T Větrovský, D Morais, P Kohout, C Lepinay, C Algora… - Scientific Data, 2020 - nature.com
Fungi are key players in vital ecosystem services, spanning carbon cycling, decomposition,
symbiotic associations with cultivated and wild plants and pathogenicity. The high …

Ecology versus society: Impacts of bark beetle infestations on biodiversity and restorativeness in protected areas of Central Europe

M Kortmann, JC Müller, R Baier, C Bässler, J Buse… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Protected areas worldwide are important to maintaining biodiversity and providing
recreational opportunities to society. However, many protected areas are affected by …

Earthworms reduce the dissemination potential of antibiotic resistance genes by changing bacterial co-occurrence patterns in soil

H Li, QP Luo, Q Pu, XR Yang, XL An, D Zhu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Globally distributed earthworms affect compositions of soil compounds, microbial community
structures, as well as antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Compared to their surroundings …

Can we use environmental DNA as holotypes?

S Hongsanan, R Jeewon, W Purahong, N Xie, JK Liu… - Fungal Diversity, 2018 - Springer
The advantages and disadvantages of giving a valid name to a sequence of DNA detected
from environmental specimens is presently a hot debate amongst the mycological …

Determinants of deadwood-inhabiting fungal communities in temperate forests: molecular evidence from a large scale deadwood decomposition experiment

W Purahong, T Wubet, G Lentendu, B Hoppe… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Despite the important role of wood-inhabiting fungi (WIF) in deadwood decomposition, our
knowledge of the factors shaping the dynamics of their species richness and community …

Bacteria inhabiting deadwood of 13 tree species are heterogeneously distributed between sapwood and heartwood

J Moll, H Kellner, S Leonhardt, E Stengel… - Environmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Deadwood represents an important structural component of forest ecosystems, where it
provides diverse niches for saproxylic biota. Although wood‐inhabiting prokaryotes are …

Profiling microbial community structures and functions in bioremediation strategies for treating 1, 4-dioxane-contaminated groundwater

Y Miao, MB Heintz, CH Bell, NW Johnson… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial community compositions and functional profiles were analyzed in microcosms
established using aquifer materials from a former automobile factory site, where 1, 4 …

Nitrogen addition increases mass loss of gymnosperm but not of angiosperm deadwood without changing microbial communities

F Roy, O Ibayev, T Arnstadt, C Bässler… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Enhanced nitrogen (N) deposition due to combustion of fossil fuels and agricultural
fertilization is a global phenomenon which has severely altered carbon (C) and N cycling in …

Shifts in fungal biomass and activities of hydrolase and oxidative enzymes explain different responses of litter decomposition to nitrogen addition

X Tan, MB Machmuller, MF Cotrufo, W Shen - Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2020 - Springer
Exogenous nitrogen (N) input is a key factor affecting litter decomposition. However, we
have limited understanding on how anthropogenic N deposition affects the kinetics and …