Novel parasitic chytrids infecting snow algae in an alpine snow ecosystem in Japan

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Microbial communities are important components of glacier and snowpack ecosystems that influence biogeochemical cycles and snow/ice melt. Recent environmental DNA surveys have revealed that chytrids dominate the fungal communities in polar and alpine snowpacks. These could be parasitic chytrids that infect snow algae as observed microscopically. However, the diversity and phylogenetic position of parasitic chytrids has not been identified due to difficulties in establishing their culture and subsequent DNA sequencing. In this study, we aimed to identify the phylogenetic positions of chytrids infecting the snow algae, Chloromonas spp., bloomed on snowpacks in Japan.

Methods

By linking a microscopically picked single fungal sporangium on a snow algal cell to a

SUBMITTER: Nakanishi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10318532 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature