Ecological succession of fungal and bacterial communities in Antarctic mosses affected by a fairy ring disease

Rosa, Luiz Henrique; da Costa Coelho, Lívia; Pinto, Otávio Henrique Bezerra; Carvalho-Silva, Micheline; Convey, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8497-9903; Rosa, Carlos Augusto; Câmara, Paulo E.A.S.. 2021 Ecological succession of fungal and bacterial communities in Antarctic mosses affected by a fairy ring disease. Extremophiles, 25. 471-481. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-021-01240-1

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Abstract/Summary

We evaluated fungal and bacterial diversity in an established moss carpet on King George Island, Antarctica, affected by ‘fairy ring’ disease using metabarcoding. A total of 127 fungal and 706 bacterial taxa were assigned. Ascomycota dominated the fungal assemblages, followed by Basidiomycota, Rozellomycota, Chytridiomycota, Mortierellomycota and Monoblepharomycota. The fungal community displayed high indices of diversity, richness and dominance, which increased from healthy through infected to dead moss samples. A range of fungal taxa were more abundant in dead rather than healthy or fairy ring moss samples. Bacterial diversity and richness were greatest in healthy moss and least within the infected fairy ring. The dominant prokaryotic phyla were Actinobacteriota, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidota and Cyanobacteria. Cyanophyceae sp., whilst consistently dominant, were less abundant in fairy ring samples. Our data confirmed the presence and abundance of a range of plant pathogenic fungi, supporting the hypothesis that the disease is linked with multiple fungal taxa. Further studies are required to characterise the interactions between plant pathogenic fungi and their host Antarctic mosses. Monitoring the dynamics of mutualist, phytopathogenic and decomposer microorganisms associated with moss carpets may provide bioindicators of moss health.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-021-01240-1
ISSN:	14310651
Additional Keywords:	Antarctica, climate change, environmental DNA, metabarcoding plant diseases
Date made live:	10 Sep 2021 09:01 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530087

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-021-01240-1

ISSN:

14310651

Additional Keywords:

Antarctica, climate change, environmental DNA, metabarcoding plant diseases

Date made live:

10 Sep 2021 09:01 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530087