First Speleomycological Study on the Occurrence of Psychrophilic and Psychrotolerant Aeromycota in the Brestovska Cave (Western Tatras Mts., Slovakia) and First Reports for Some Species at Underground Sites.

ABSTRACT: Most underground ecosystems are heterotrophic, fungi in these objects are dispersed in the air in the form of spores, and they may be potentially hazardous to mammals. Research in underground sites has focused on mesophilic airborne fungi and only a few concerned cold-adapted species. Therefore, the goal of our research was the first report of psychrophilic and psychrotolerant aeromycota in the Brestovská Cave using culture-based techniques with genetic and phenotypic identification. Plates with PDA medium containing sampled biological material were incubated at 8 ± 0.5 °C. The density of mycobiota inside the cave ranged from 37.4 to 71 CFU 1 m-3 of air and 63.3 CFU 1 m-3 of air outside the cave. Thus, the level of fungal spores did not exceed the standards for the mycological quality of t

SUBMITTER: Ogorek R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8226529 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature