Fungi are major ecological players in both terrestrial and aquatic environments by cycling
organic matter and channelling nutrients across trophic levels. High-throughput sequencing (…

… More recently, measurements of 13 C enrichments in all identified phospholipid-derived …
14 C-acetate incorporation into ergosterol (fungal hyphomycetes biomass production) and 14 C-…

Chytridiomycota, often referred to as chytrids, can be virulent parasites with the potential to
inflict mass mortalities on hosts, causing eg changes in phytoplankton size distributions and …

… Wurzbacher unpubl. data). Two staining methods were recommended by Kagami et al. …
target cell wall components such as chitin or glucan (C. Wurzbacher pers. obs.), and the same is …

Our knowledge of zoosporic fungal phylogeny, physiology, and ecological functions, in
particular their role in aquatic food web dynamics and biogeochemistry, is limited. The recent …

… values from the starting mean values of each sediment type and by subtracting the 6C
values from the mean values of the 20C incubations. Significance was tested with a Mann–…

… The rest (50 mL) was fixed with alkaline Lugols solution and stored at 4 C for quantifying
the the percentage of a host population infected by chytrids [32]. Chytrid sporangia were …

… of 1 min at 98C, then 36 cycles at 98C for 10 s, 55C for 15 s and 68C for 2.5 min. We …
program: 5 min at 95C, then 35 cycles at 95C for 30 s, 55C for 30 s and 68C for 4 min. The PCR …

Antarctic ice-covered lakes are exceptional sites for studying the ecology of aquatic fungi
under conditions of minimal human disturbance. In this study, we explored the diversity and …

The increasing number of new fungal species described from all over the world along with
the use of genetics to define taxa, has dramatically changed the classification system of early-…