Microbial Communities Associated with Tree Bark Foliose Lichens: A Perspective on their Microecology
Abstract Tree‐bark, foliose lichens occur widely on a global scale. In some locales, such as forests, they contribute a substantial amount of biomass. However, there are few research reports on microbial communities including eukaryotic microbes associated with foliose lichens. Lichens collected fro...
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crwiley:10.1111/jeu.12116 2024-09-09T19:26:08+00:00 Microbial Communities Associated with Tree Bark Foliose Lichens: A Perspective on their Microecology Anderson, O. Roger 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12116 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fjeu.12116 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jeu.12116 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology volume 61, issue 4, page 364-370 ISSN 1066-5234 1550-7408 journal-article 2014 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12116 2024-08-13T04:17:01Z Abstract Tree‐bark, foliose lichens occur widely on a global scale. In some locales, such as forests, they contribute a substantial amount of biomass. However, there are few research reports on microbial communities including eukaryotic microbes associated with foliose lichens. Lichens collected from tree bark at 11 locations (Florida, New York State, Germany, Australia, and the Arctic) were examined to determine the density and C‐biomass of bacteria and some eukaryotic microbes, i.e. heterotrophic nanoflagellates ( HNF ) and amoeboid protists. A rich microbial diversity was found, including large plasmodial slime molds, in some cases exceeding 100 μm in size. The densities of HNF and amoeboid protists were each positively correlated with densities of bacteria, r = 0.84 and 0.80, respectively ( p < 0.01, N = 11 for each analysis) indicating a likely bacterial‐based food web. Microbial densities (number/g lichen dry weight) varied markedly across the geographic sampling sites: bacteria (0.7–13.1 × 10 8 ), HNF (0.2–6.8 × 10 6 ) and amoeboid protists (0.4–4.6 × 10 3 ). The ranges in C‐biomass (μg/g lichen dry weight) across the 11 sites were: bacteria (8.8–158.5), HNF (0.03–0.85), and amoeboid protists (0.08–540), the latter broad range was due particularly to absence or presence of large slime mold plasmodia. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Wiley Online Library Arctic Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 61 4 364 370 |
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Abstract Tree‐bark, foliose lichens occur widely on a global scale. In some locales, such as forests, they contribute a substantial amount of biomass. However, there are few research reports on microbial communities including eukaryotic microbes associated with foliose lichens. Lichens collected from tree bark at 11 locations (Florida, New York State, Germany, Australia, and the Arctic) were examined to determine the density and C‐biomass of bacteria and some eukaryotic microbes, i.e. heterotrophic nanoflagellates ( HNF ) and amoeboid protists. A rich microbial diversity was found, including large plasmodial slime molds, in some cases exceeding 100 μm in size. The densities of HNF and amoeboid protists were each positively correlated with densities of bacteria, r = 0.84 and 0.80, respectively ( p < 0.01, N = 11 for each analysis) indicating a likely bacterial‐based food web. Microbial densities (number/g lichen dry weight) varied markedly across the geographic sampling sites: bacteria (0.7–13.1 × 10 8 ), HNF (0.2–6.8 × 10 6 ) and amoeboid protists (0.4–4.6 × 10 3 ). The ranges in C‐biomass (μg/g lichen dry weight) across the 11 sites were: bacteria (8.8–158.5), HNF (0.03–0.85), and amoeboid protists (0.08–540), the latter broad range was due particularly to absence or presence of large slime mold plasmodia. |
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Microbial Communities Associated with Tree Bark Foliose Lichens: A Perspective on their Microecology |
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