TY - JOUR
T1 - Diversity of Fungi in Soils with Different Degrees of Degradation in Germany and Panama
AU - Rosas-Medina, Miguel
AU - Maciá-Vicente, Jose G.
AU - Piepenbring, Meike
N1 - Funding Information:
Authors acknowledge the support provided by Orlando C?ceres for field work in Panama, the Universidad Autonoma de Chiriqu?, Panama, and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). This study was supported by the LOEWE excellence initiative of the state of Hesse within the framework of the Cluster for Integrative Fungal Research (IPF).
Funding Information:
Authors acknowledge the support provided by Orlando Cáceres for field work in Panama, the Universidad Autonoma de Chiriquí, Panama, and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). This study was supported by the LOEWE excellence initiative of the state of Hesse within the framework of the Cluster for Integrative Fungal Research (IPF).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of the Korean Society of Mycology.
PY - 2020/1/2
Y1 - 2020/1/2
N2 - Soil degradation can have an impact on the soil microbiota, but its specific effects on soil fungal communities are poorly understood. In this work, we studied the impact of soil degradation on the richness and diversity of communities of soil fungi, including three different degrees of degradation in Germany and Panama. Soil fungi were isolated monthly using the soil-sprinkling method for 8 months in Germany and 3 months in Panama, and characterized by morphological and molecular data. Soil physico-chemical properties were measured and correlated with the observed values of fungal diversity. We isolated a total of 71 fungal species, 47 from Germany, and 32 from Panama. Soil properties were not associated with fungal richness, diversity, or composition in soils, with the exception of soil compaction in Germany. The geographic location was a strong determinant of the soil fungal species composition although in both countries there was dominance by members of the orders Eurotiales and Hypocreales. In conclusion, the results of this work do not show any evident influence of soil degradation on communities of soil fungi in Germany or Panama.
AB - Soil degradation can have an impact on the soil microbiota, but its specific effects on soil fungal communities are poorly understood. In this work, we studied the impact of soil degradation on the richness and diversity of communities of soil fungi, including three different degrees of degradation in Germany and Panama. Soil fungi were isolated monthly using the soil-sprinkling method for 8 months in Germany and 3 months in Panama, and characterized by morphological and molecular data. Soil physico-chemical properties were measured and correlated with the observed values of fungal diversity. We isolated a total of 71 fungal species, 47 from Germany, and 32 from Panama. Soil properties were not associated with fungal richness, diversity, or composition in soils, with the exception of soil compaction in Germany. The geographic location was a strong determinant of the soil fungal species composition although in both countries there was dominance by members of the orders Eurotiales and Hypocreales. In conclusion, the results of this work do not show any evident influence of soil degradation on communities of soil fungi in Germany or Panama.
KW - Diversity
KW - environmental factors
KW - soil degradation
KW - soil fungal communities
KW - species richness
U2 - 10.1080/12298093.2019.1700658
DO - 10.1080/12298093.2019.1700658
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85077094747
VL - 48
SP - 20
EP - 28
JO - Mycobiology
JF - Mycobiology
SN - 1229-8093
IS - 1
ER -
