Studies on diversity of soil microfungi in the Hornsund area, Spitsbergen

Siti Hafizah Ali; Siti Aisyah Alias; Hii Yii Siang; Jerzy Smykla; Ka Lai Pang; Sheng Yu Guo; Peter Convey

doi:10.2478/popore-2013-0006

Studies on diversity of soil microfungi in the Hornsund area, Spitsbergen

Siti Hafizah Ali, Siti Aisyah Alias, Hii Yii Siang, Jerzy Smykla, Ka Lai Pang, Sheng Yu Guo, Peter Convey

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We assessed culturable soil microfungal diversity in various habitats around Hornsund, Spitsbergen in theHighArctic, using potato dextrose agar (PDA) medium. Thermal growth classification of the fungi obtained was determined by incubating them in 4°C and 25°C, permitting separation of those with psychrophilic, psychrotolerant and mesophilic characteristics. In total, 68 fungal isolates were obtained from 12 soil samples, and grouped into 38 mycelial morphotypes. Intergenic spacer regions of these morphotypes were sequenced, and they represented 25 distinct taxonomic units, of which 21 showed sufficient similarity with available sequence data inNCBI to be identified to species level. Soil under ornithogenic influence showed the highest species diversity, including sequences assigned to Mortierella macrocystis, M. elongata, Mortierella sp., Cudoniella sp., Varicosporium elodeae, Beauveria bassiana, Geomyces pannorum, Penicillium sp. and Atradidymella muscivora. Fourteen taxa were classified as psychrophilic, seven mesophilic, and four psychrotolerant.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	39-54
Number of pages	16
Journal	Polish Polar Research
Volume	34
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2478/popore-2013-0006
Publication status	Published - Mar 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Arctic
Microfungi
Soil microbiology
Svalbard

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Ecology

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