The mycobiome of a successful crayfish invader and its changes along the environmental gradient.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The microbiome plays an important role in biological invasions, since it affects various interactions between host and environment. However, most studies focus on the bacteriome, insufficiently addressing other components of the microbiome such as the mycobiome. Microbial fungi are among the most damaging pathogens in freshwater crayfish populations, colonizing and infecting both native and invasive crayfish species. Invading crayfish may transmit novel fungal species to native populations, but also, dispersal process and characteristics of the novel environment may affect the invaders' mycobiome composition, directly and indirectly affecting their fitness and invasion success. This study analyzes the mycobiome of a successful invader in Europe, the signal crayfish, usin

SUBMITTER: Dragicevic P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10088235 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature