Aquatic fungi: targeting the forgotten in microbial ecology.

Aquatic fungi: targeting the forgotten in microbial ecology. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2016 Apr 11;31:140-145 Authors: Grossart HP, Rojas-Jimenez K Abstract Fungi constitute important and conspicuous components of aquatic microbial communities, but their diversity and functional roles remain poorly characterized. New methods and conceptual frameworks are required to accurately describe their ecological roles, involvement in global cycling processes, and utility for human activities, considering both cultivation-independent techniques as well as experiments in laboratory and in natural ecosystems. Here we highlight recent developments and extant knowledge gaps in aquatic mycology, and provide a conceptual model to expose the importance of fungi in aquatic food webs and related biogeochemical processes. PMID: 27078576 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Opinion in Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Tags: Curr Opin Microbiol Source Type: research