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Basal Parasitic Fungi in Marine Food Webs—A Mystery Yet to Unravel
Although aquatic and parasitic fungi have been well known for more than 100 years, they have only recently received increased awareness due to their key roles in microbial food webs and biogeochemical cycles. There is growing evidence indicating that fungi inhabit a wide range of marine habitats, fr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8874645/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35205868 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof8020114 |
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description | Although aquatic and parasitic fungi have been well known for more than 100 years, they have only recently received increased awareness due to their key roles in microbial food webs and biogeochemical cycles. There is growing evidence indicating that fungi inhabit a wide range of marine habitats, from the deep sea all the way to surface waters, and recent advances in molecular tools, in particular metagenome approaches, reveal that their diversity is much greater and their ecological roles more important than previously considered. Parasitism constitutes one of the most widespread ecological interactions in nature, occurring in almost all environments. Despite that, the diversity of fungal parasites, their ecological functions, and, in particular their interactions with other microorganisms remain largely speculative, unexplored and are often missing from current theoretical concepts in marine ecology and biogeochemistry. In this review, we summarize and discuss recent research avenues on parasitic fungi and their ecological potential in marine ecosystems, e.g., the fungal shunt, and emphasize the need for further research. |
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spelling | pubmed-88746452022-02-26 Basal Parasitic Fungi in Marine Food Webs—A Mystery Yet to Unravel Ilicic, Doris Grossart, Hans-Peter J Fungi (Basel) Review Although aquatic and parasitic fungi have been well known for more than 100 years, they have only recently received increased awareness due to their key roles in microbial food webs and biogeochemical cycles. There is growing evidence indicating that fungi inhabit a wide range of marine habitats, from the deep sea all the way to surface waters, and recent advances in molecular tools, in particular metagenome approaches, reveal that their diversity is much greater and their ecological roles more important than previously considered. Parasitism constitutes one of the most widespread ecological interactions in nature, occurring in almost all environments. Despite that, the diversity of fungal parasites, their ecological functions, and, in particular their interactions with other microorganisms remain largely speculative, unexplored and are often missing from current theoretical concepts in marine ecology and biogeochemistry. In this review, we summarize and discuss recent research avenues on parasitic fungi and their ecological potential in marine ecosystems, e.g., the fungal shunt, and emphasize the need for further research. MDPI 2022-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8874645/ /pubmed/35205868 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof8020114 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Ilicic, Doris Grossart, Hans-Peter Basal Parasitic Fungi in Marine Food Webs—A Mystery Yet to Unravel |
title | Basal Parasitic Fungi in Marine Food Webs—A Mystery Yet to Unravel |
title_full | Basal Parasitic Fungi in Marine Food Webs—A Mystery Yet to Unravel |
title_fullStr | Basal Parasitic Fungi in Marine Food Webs—A Mystery Yet to Unravel |
title_full_unstemmed | Basal Parasitic Fungi in Marine Food Webs—A Mystery Yet to Unravel |
title_short | Basal Parasitic Fungi in Marine Food Webs—A Mystery Yet to Unravel |
title_sort | basal parasitic fungi in marine food webs—a mystery yet to unravel |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8874645/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35205868 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof8020114 |
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