Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: Chytridiomycota, often referred to as chytrids, can be virulent parasites with the potential to inflict mass mortalities on hosts, causing e.g. changes in phytoplankton size distributions and succession, and the delay or suppression of bloom events. Molecular environmental surveys have revealed an unexpectedly large diversity of chytrids across a wide range of aquatic ecosystems worldwide. As a result, scientific interest towards fungal parasites of phytoplankton has been gaining momentum in the past few years. Yet, we still know little about the ecology of chytrids, their life cycles, phylogeny, host specificity and range. Information on the contribution of chytrids to trophic interactions, as well as co-evolutionary feedbacks of fungal parasitism on host populations is also limited. This paper synthesizes ideas stressing the multifaceted biological relevance of phytoplankton chytridiomycosis, resulting from discussions among an international team of chytrid researchers. It presents our view on the most pressing research needs for promoting the integration of chytrid fungi into aquatic ecology.
Source: Environmental Microbiology
Authors: Thijs Frenken, Elisabet Alacid, Stella A. Berger, Elizabeth C. Bourne, Mélanie Gerphagnon, Hans‐Peter Grossart, Alena S. Gsell, Bas W. Ibelings, Maiko Kagami, Frithjof C. Küpper, Peter M. Letcher, Adeline Loyau, Takeshi Miki, Jens C. Nejstgaard, Serena Rasconi, Albert Reñé, Thomas Rohrlack, Keilor Rojas‐Jimenez, Dirk S. Schmeller, Bettina Scholz, Kensuke Seto, Télesphore Sime‐Ngando, Assaf Sukenik, Dedmer B. Van de Waal, Silke Van den Wyngaert, Ellen Van Donk, Justyna Wolinska, Christian Wurzbacher, Ramsy Agha
Institutions: Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Institut de Ciències del Mar, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin Center for Genomics in Biodiversity Research, University of Potsdam, University of Geneva, Toho University, University of Aberdeen, University of Alabama, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, Laboratoire Écologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, Université de Toulouse, National Taiwan University, Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Academia Sinica, Wasser Cluster Lunz, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Latin University of Costa Rica, University of Akureyri, University of Tsukuba, Université Clermont Auvergne, Laboratoire Microorganismes Génome et Environnement, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Utrecht University, Freie Universität Berlin, University of Gothenburg
Language: English
Subfield: Small Animals
Field: Veterinary
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,235
Awards: Host parasite interactions between phytoplankton and diverse fungi: Dynamics of infectious disease in a changing world, G1688826303, G1985937498, G7010378412, Diversity and functions of chytrids in lakes and oceans: Develoment of detection methods and quantifying material flows(Fostering Joint International Research)
OpenAlex ID: W2727924889