Fungi populate deep‐sea coral gardens as well as marine sediments in the Irish Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Marchese, Pietro, Garzoli, Laura, Young, Ryan, Allcock, Louise, Barry, Frank, Tuohy, Maria, Murphy, Mary
• Other Authors: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology, Science Foundation Ireland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: Porcupine Bank; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15560; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1462-2920.15560; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/1462-2920.15560

Summary Fungi populate deep Oceans in extreme habitats characterized by high hydrostatic pressure, low temperature and absence of sunlight. Marine fungi are potential major contributors to biogeochemical events, critical for marine communities and food web equilibrium under climate change conditions...