Distinct fungal communities associated with different organs of the mangrove Sonneratia alba in the Malay Peninsula
Abstract Mangrove forests are key tropical marine ecosystems that are rich in fungi, but our understanding of fungal communities associated with mangrove trees and their various organs remains limited because much of the diversity lies within the microbiome. In this study, we investigated the fungal...
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| description | Abstract Mangrove forests are key tropical marine ecosystems that are rich in fungi, but our understanding of fungal communities associated with mangrove trees and their various organs remains limited because much of the diversity lies within the microbiome. In this study, we investigated the fungal communities associated with the mangrove tree Sonneratia alba throughout Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. At each sampling location, we collected leaves, fruits, pneumatophores and sediment samples and performed amplicon sequencing of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 to characterise the associated communities. Results show distinct fungal communities at each sampled location with further differentiation according to the plant part. We find a significant distance decay of similarity, particularly for sediment samples due to the greater variability of sediment environments relative to the more stable fungal habitats provided by living plant organs. We are able to assign taxonomy to the majority of sequences from leaves and fruits, but a much larger portion of the sequences recovered from pneumatophores and sediment samples could not be identified. This pattern underscores the limited mycological research performed in marine environments and demonstrates the need for a concerted research effort on multiple species to fully characterise the coastal microbiome and its role in the functioning of marine ecosystems. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f541cdaf02c7430d99daa1d936f7c2da2025-02-02T07:09:32ZengBMCIMA Fungus2210-63592020-09-011111910.1186/s43008-020-00042-yDistinct fungal communities associated with different organs of the mangrove Sonneratia alba in the Malay PeninsulaNicole Li Ying Lee0Danwei Huang1Zheng Bin Randolph Quek2Jen Nie Lee3Benjamin J. Wainwright4Department of Biological Sciences, National University of SingaporeDepartment of Biological Sciences, National University of SingaporeDepartment of Biological Sciences, National University of SingaporeFaculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia TerengganuYale-NUS College, National University of SingaporeAbstract Mangrove forests are key tropical marine ecosystems that are rich in fungi, but our understanding of fungal communities associated with mangrove trees and their various organs remains limited because much of the diversity lies within the microbiome. In this study, we investigated the fungal communities associated with the mangrove tree Sonneratia alba throughout Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. At each sampling location, we collected leaves, fruits, pneumatophores and sediment samples and performed amplicon sequencing of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 to characterise the associated communities. Results show distinct fungal communities at each sampled location with further differentiation according to the plant part. We find a significant distance decay of similarity, particularly for sediment samples due to the greater variability of sediment environments relative to the more stable fungal habitats provided by living plant organs. We are able to assign taxonomy to the majority of sequences from leaves and fruits, but a much larger portion of the sequences recovered from pneumatophores and sediment samples could not be identified. This pattern underscores the limited mycological research performed in marine environments and demonstrates the need for a concerted research effort on multiple species to fully characterise the coastal microbiome and its role in the functioning of marine ecosystems.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43008-020-00042-yFungal diversityInternal transcribed spacerMangrove microbiomeMarine fungiMicrobial ecologySoutheast Asia |
| spellingShingle | Nicole Li Ying Lee Danwei Huang Zheng Bin Randolph Quek Jen Nie Lee Benjamin J. Wainwright Distinct fungal communities associated with different organs of the mangrove Sonneratia alba in the Malay Peninsula IMA Fungus Fungal diversity Internal transcribed spacer Mangrove microbiome Marine fungi Microbial ecology Southeast Asia |
| title | Distinct fungal communities associated with different organs of the mangrove Sonneratia alba in the Malay Peninsula |
| title_full | Distinct fungal communities associated with different organs of the mangrove Sonneratia alba in the Malay Peninsula |
| title_fullStr | Distinct fungal communities associated with different organs of the mangrove Sonneratia alba in the Malay Peninsula |
| title_full_unstemmed | Distinct fungal communities associated with different organs of the mangrove Sonneratia alba in the Malay Peninsula |
| title_short | Distinct fungal communities associated with different organs of the mangrove Sonneratia alba in the Malay Peninsula |
| title_sort | distinct fungal communities associated with different organs of the mangrove sonneratia alba in the malay peninsula |
| topic | Fungal diversity Internal transcribed spacer Mangrove microbiome Marine fungi Microbial ecology Southeast Asia |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43008-020-00042-y |
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