期刊
JOURNAL OF FUNGI
卷 8, 期 9, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jof8090927
关键词
marine fungi; Mediterranean Sea; microplastics; sediment; plastisphere; fungal community
资金
- University of Torino
- CIBM (Livorno, Italy)
This study investigates the diversity and abundance of fungi in sediments and microplastics at different sites in the Mediterranean Sea. The results show that the fungal communities associated with substrate specificity are complex and may lead to changes in ecosystem functions.
Fungi are an essential component of marine ecosystems, although little is known about their global distribution and underwater diversity, especially in sediments. Microplastics (MPs) are widespread contaminants worldwide and threaten the organisms present in the oceans. In this study, we investigated the fungal abundance and diversity in sediments, as well as the MPs, of three sites with different anthropogenic impacts in the Mediterranean Sea: the harbor of Livorno, the marine protected area Secche della Meloria; and an intermediate point, respectively. A total of 1526 isolates were cultured and identified using a polyphasic approach. For many of the fungal species this is the first record in a marine environment. A comparison with the mycobiota associated with the sediments and MPs underlined a substrate specificity, highlighting the complexity of MP-associated fungal assemblages, potentially leading to altered microbial activities and hence changes in ecosystem functions. A further driving force that acts on the fungal communities associated with sediments and MPs is sampling sites with different anthropogenic impacts.
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