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Article: Low-diversity fungal assemblage in an Antarctic Dry Valleys soil

TitleLow-diversity fungal assemblage in an Antarctic Dry Valleys soil
Authors
KeywordsAntarctica
Debaryomyces
Helicodendron
Soil fungi
Zalerion
Issue Date2012
PublisherSpringer Verlag. The Journal's web site is located at http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00300/index.htm
Citation
Polar Biology, 2012, v. 35 n. 4, p. 567-574 How to Cite?
AbstractThe McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica present extreme environmental challenges. Life is restricted to patchy occurrence of lichens, mosses and invertebrates, plus soil microbial communities. Fungi have been described in lichen symbioses but relatively little is known about the occurrence of free-living soil fungi in the Dry Valleys. A challenge in estimating fungal species richness has been the extent to which estimates based on either cultivation or environmental DNA reflect the active assemblage in cold-arid soils. Here, we describe analysis for inland Dry Valleys soil of environmental DNA and RNA (cDNA) to infer total and putative metabolically active assemblages, respectively, plus cultivation approaches using a variety of laboratory growth conditions. Environmental sequences indicated a highly restricted assemblage of just seven phylotypes that affiliated phylogenetically within two known genera, Helicodendron and Zalerion, plus previously unidentified fungal phylotypes. None of the commonly encountered molds and mitosporic genera recorded from maritime Antarctic locations were encountered. A striking difference was observed in the frequency of recovery for phylotypes between libraries. This suggests that both species richness and beta diversity estimates based on DNA libraries have the potential to misinform putatively active assemblages. Cultivation yielded a cold-tolerant Zalerion strain that affiliated with DNA and RNA library clones, and a psychrotrophic yeast (Debaryomyces hansenii), which was not detected using either culture-independent approach. © 2011 The Author(s).
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/144937
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 1.5
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.566
ISI Accession Number ID
Funding AgencyGrant Number
Hong Kong Research Grants CouncilHKU7733/08 M
HKU7763/10
Antarctica New ZealandEvent K021B
Global Research Network for Fungal Biology
King Saud University
Funding Information:

The research was supported by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (Grant numbers HKU7733/08 M, HKU7763/10). The authors wish to acknowledge the excellent logistic and field support provided by Antarctica New Zealand (Event K021B). K.D. Hyde thanks the Global Research Network for Fungal Biology and King Saud University for support.

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dc.contributor.authorChan, Yen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLacap, DCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHyde, KDen_HK
dc.contributor.authorPointing, SBen_HK
dc.contributor.authorFarrell, RLen_HK
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dc.date.issued2012en_HK
dc.identifier.citationPolar Biology, 2012, v. 35 n. 4, p. 567-574en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0722-4060en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/144937-
dc.description.abstractThe McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica present extreme environmental challenges. Life is restricted to patchy occurrence of lichens, mosses and invertebrates, plus soil microbial communities. Fungi have been described in lichen symbioses but relatively little is known about the occurrence of free-living soil fungi in the Dry Valleys. A challenge in estimating fungal species richness has been the extent to which estimates based on either cultivation or environmental DNA reflect the active assemblage in cold-arid soils. Here, we describe analysis for inland Dry Valleys soil of environmental DNA and RNA (cDNA) to infer total and putative metabolically active assemblages, respectively, plus cultivation approaches using a variety of laboratory growth conditions. Environmental sequences indicated a highly restricted assemblage of just seven phylotypes that affiliated phylogenetically within two known genera, Helicodendron and Zalerion, plus previously unidentified fungal phylotypes. None of the commonly encountered molds and mitosporic genera recorded from maritime Antarctic locations were encountered. A striking difference was observed in the frequency of recovery for phylotypes between libraries. This suggests that both species richness and beta diversity estimates based on DNA libraries have the potential to misinform putatively active assemblages. Cultivation yielded a cold-tolerant Zalerion strain that affiliated with DNA and RNA library clones, and a psychrotrophic yeast (Debaryomyces hansenii), which was not detected using either culture-independent approach. © 2011 The Author(s).en_HK
dc.languageengen_US
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dc.subjectAntarcticaen_HK
dc.subjectDebaryomycesen_HK
dc.subjectHelicodendronen_HK
dc.subjectSoil fungien_HK
dc.subjectZalerionen_HK
dc.titleLow-diversity fungal assemblage in an Antarctic Dry Valleys soilen_HK
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