{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9"],"submitter":["Mahnert A"],"funding":["Austrian Science Fund FWF"],"pubmed_abstract":["Leaf-inhabiting fungi are an important, but often overlooked component of molecular biodiversity studies. To understand their diversity and function in relation to plant species and climate, the phyllospheres of 14 phylogenetically diverse ornamental plant species were analyzed under different controlled greenhouse conditions. We found unexpectedly high fungal diversity (H' = 2.8-6.5), OTU numbers (449-1050) and abundances (10<sup>3</sup>-10<sup>6</sup> CFU cm<sup>-2</sup> leaf surface) associated with all plants studied indoors. Despite experimental limitations, the composition of fungal communities were inclined toward a plant species-dependent pattern compared to the ambient climatic variables. Most detected fungi were patho- and saprotrophs showing a yeast-like growth morphology and we"],"journal":["Frontiers in microbiology"],"pagination":["2343"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6174238"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Leaves of Indoor Ornamentals Are Biodiversity and Functional Hotspots for Fungi."],"pmcid":["PMC6174238"],"pubmed_authors":["Mahnert A","Ortega RA","Grube M","Berg G","Berg C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Leaves of Indoor Ornamentals Are Biodiversity and Functional Hotspots for Fungi.","description":"Leaf-inhabiting fungi are an important, but often overlooked component of molecular biodiversity studies. To understand their diversity and function in relation to plant species and climate, the phyllospheres of 14 phylogenetically diverse ornamental plant species were analyzed under different controlled greenhouse conditions. We found unexpectedly high fungal diversity (H' = 2.8-6.5), OTU numbers (449-1050) and abundances (10<sup>3</sup>-10<sup>6</sup> CFU cm<sup>-2</sup> leaf surface) associated with all plants studied indoors. Despite experimental limitations, the composition of fungal communities were inclined toward a plant species-dependent pattern compared to the ambient climatic variables. Most detected fungi were patho- and saprotrophs showing a yeast-like growth morphology and we","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018","modification":"2026-04-07T13:47:15.641Z","creation":"2019-03-27T00:03:01Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6174238","cross_references":{"pubmed":["30327646"],"doi":["10.3389/fmicb.2018.02343"]}}