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DOI 10.1093/femsec/fiv050
Title (Primary) First insight into dead wood protistan diversity: a molecular sampling of bright-spored Myxomycetes (Amoebozoa, slime-moulds) in decaying beech logs
Author Clissman, F.; Fiore-Donno, A.M.; Hoppe, B.; Krüger, D.; Kahl, T.; Unterseher, M.; Schnittler, M.
Source Titel FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Year 2015
Department BOOEK
Volume 91
Issue 6
Page From fiv050
Language englisch
Keywords Myxogastria; protozoa; environmental DNA sampling; wood biodiversity; wood microbiology; saproxylic; lignicolous
UFZ wide themes RU1
Abstract Decaying wood hosts a large diversity of seldom investigated protists. Environmental sequencing offers novel insights into communities, but has rarely been applied to saproxylic protists. We investigated the diversity of bright spored wood-inhabiting Myxomycetes by environmental sequencing. Myxomycetes have a complex life cycle culminating in the formation of mainly macroscopic fruiting bodies, highly variable in shape and colour that are often found on decaying logs. Our hypothesis was that diversity of bright spored Myxomycetes would increase with decay. DNA was extracted from wood chips collected from 17 beech logs of varying decay stages from the Hainich-Dün region in Central Germany. We obtained 260 partial small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequences of bright spore Myxomycetes that were assembled into 29 OTUs, of which 65% were less than 98% similar to those in the existing database. The OTU richness revealed by molecular analysis surpassed that of a parallel inventory of fruiting-bodies. We tested several environmental variables and identified pH, rather than decay stage, as the main structuring factor of myxomycete distribution.
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Clissman, F., Fiore-Donno, A.M., Hoppe, B., Krüger, D., Kahl, T., Unterseher, M., Schnittler, M. (2015):
First insight into dead wood protistan diversity: a molecular sampling of bright-spored Myxomycetes (Amoebozoa, slime-moulds) in decaying beech logs
FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 91 (6), fiv050 10.1093/femsec/fiv050