Fungal Community as a Bioindicator to Reflect Anthropogenic Activities in a River Ecosystem.

ABSTRACT: The fungal community interacts with the ambient environment and can be used as a bioindicator to reflect anthropogenic activities in aquatic ecosystems. Several studies have investigated the impact of anthropogenic activities on the fungal community and found that community diversity and composition are influenced by such activities. Here we combined chemical analysis of water properties and sequencing of fungal internal transcribed spacer regions to explore the relationship between water quality indices and fungal community diversity and composition in three river ecosystem areas along a gradient of anthropogenic disturbance (i.e., less-disturbed mountainous area, wastewater-discharge urban area, and pesticide and fertilizer used agricultural area). Results revealed that the level of anth

SUBMITTER: Bai Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6308625 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature