Fungal Diversity in an Undisturbed Andean Paramo Soil in Quimsacocha (Ecuador).

ABSTRACT: The Andean Páramo is an environment known for its high biodiversity; however, due to its remote location and difficult access, it is still relatively poorly studied. The aim of this work was to explore the fungal biodiversity of Ecuadorian Páramo soils in the undisturbed natural reserve of Quimsacocha through ITS metabarconding with an MiSeq platform. This analysis revealed the presence of 370 fungal Amplicon Sequence Variants (ASVs), mainly composed by Ascomycota, Mortierellomycota and Basidiomycota. The biodiversity had a great variability among the 19 samples, but the soil humidity proved to be a significant driver of diversity in the relatively dry environment of Páramo. Some of most abundant fungal genera have important relationships with plant roots. This work re

SUBMITTER: Delgado-Fernandez E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11432993 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature