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| العنوان: |
Fungal Abundance and Diversity in the Mariana Trench, the Deepest Ecosystem on Earth. |
| المؤلفون: |
Varrella, Stefano, Barone, Giulio, Corinaldesi, Cinzia, Giorgetti, Alessio, Nomaki, Hidetaka, Nunoura, Takuro, Rastelli, Eugenio, Tangherlini, Michael, Danovaro, Roberto, Dell'Anno, Antonio |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Fungi; Jan2024, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p73, 13p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
MARIANA Trench, TRENCHES, RESOURCE exploitation, ECOSYSTEMS |
| مستخلص: |
Hadal trenches host abundant and diversified benthic prokaryotic assemblages, but information on benthic fungi is still extremely limited. We investigated the fungal abundance and diversity in the Challenger Deep (at ca. 11,000 m depth) and the slope of the Mariana Trench in comparison with three sites of the adjacent abyssal plain. Our results indicate that trench sediments are a hotspot of fungal abundance in terms of the 18S rRNA gene copy number. The fungal diversity (as the number of amplicon sequence variants, ASVs) was relatively low at all sites (10–31 ASVs) but showed a high turnover diversity among stations due to the presence of exclusive fungal taxa belonging to Aspergillaceae, Trichosphaeriaceae, and Nectriaceae. Fungal abundance and diversity were closely linked to sediment organic matter content and composition (i.e., phytopigments and carbohydrates), suggesting a specialization of different fungal taxa for the exploitation of available resources. Overall, these findings provide new insights into the diversity of deep-sea fungi and the potential ecological role in trench sediments and pave the way for a better understanding of their relevance in one of the most extreme ecosystems on Earth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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