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Integrating chytrid fungal parasites into plankton ecology: research gaps and needs.

  • Frenken T Department of Aquatic Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, Wageningen, PB 6708, The Netherlands.
  • Alacid E Departament de Biologia Marina i Oceanografia, Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC), Pg. Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, Barcelona, 08003, Spain.
  • Berger SA Department of Experimental Limnology, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Alte Fischerhuette 2, Stechlin, D-16775, Germany.
  • Bourne EC Berlin Center for Genomics in Biodiversity Research, Königin-Luise-Straβe 6-8, Berlin, D-14195, Germany.
  • Gerphagnon M Department of Ecosystem Research, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Müggelseedamm 301, Berlin, 12587, Germany.
  • Grossart HP Department of Experimental Limnology, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Alte Fischerhuette 2, Stechlin, D-16775, Germany.
  • Gsell AS Department of Aquatic Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, Wageningen, PB 6708, The Netherlands.
  • Ibelings BW Department F.-A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences & Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, 66 Boulevard Carl Vogt, Geneva 4, CH 1211, Switzerland.
  • Kagami M Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1, Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan.
  • Küpper FC Oceanlab, University of Aberdeen, Main Street, Newburgh, Scotland AB41 6AA, UK.
  • Letcher PM Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama, 300 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA.
  • Loyau A Department of System Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
  • Miki T Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, No.1 Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan.
  • Nejstgaard JC Department of Experimental Limnology, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Alte Fischerhuette 2, Stechlin, D-16775, Germany.
  • Rasconi S WasserCluster Lunz - Biological Station, Inter-University Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research, A-3293 Lunz am See, Austria.
  • Reñé A Departament de Biologia Marina i Oceanografia, Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC), Pg. Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, Barcelona, 08003, Spain.
  • Rohrlack T Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 5003, NO-1432, Ås, Norway.
  • Rojas-Jimenez K Department of Experimental Limnology, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Alte Fischerhuette 2, Stechlin, D-16775, Germany.
  • Schmeller DS Department of Conservation Biology, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, Leipzig, 04318, Germany.
  • Scholz B BioPol ehf, Einbúastig 2, Skagaströnd 545, Iceland.
  • Seto K Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1, Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan.
  • Sime-Ngando T Université Clermont Auvergne, UMR CNRS 6023 LMGE, Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement (LMGE), Campus Universitaire des Cézeaux, Impasse Amélie Murat 1, CS 60026, Aubière, 63178, France.
  • Sukenik A Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, P.O.Box 447, Migdal, 14950, Israel.
  • Van de Waal DB Department of Aquatic Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, Wageningen, PB 6708, The Netherlands.
  • Van den Wyngaert S Department of Experimental Limnology, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Alte Fischerhuette 2, Stechlin, D-16775, Germany.
  • Van Donk E Department of Aquatic Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, Wageningen, PB 6708, The Netherlands.
  • Wolinska J Department of Ecosystem Research, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Müggelseedamm 301, Berlin, 12587, Germany.
  • Wurzbacher C Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 461, Göteborg, 405 30, Sweden.
  • Agha R Department of Ecosystem Research, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Müggelseedamm 301, Berlin, 12587, Germany.
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  • 2017-06-16
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  • Environmental microbiology. - 2017
Animals
Biological Evolution
Chytridiomycota
Ecology
Ecosystem
Environmental Microbiology
Food Chain
Host Specificity
Mycoses
Phylogeny
Phytoplankton
English Chytridiomycota, often referred to as chytrids, can be virulent parasites with the potential to inflict mass mortalities on hosts, causing e.g. changes in phytoplankton size distributions and succession, and the delay or suppression of bloom events. Molecular environmental surveys have revealed an unexpectedly large diversity of chytrids across a wide range of aquatic ecosystems worldwide. As a result, scientific interest towards fungal parasites of phytoplankton has been gaining momentum in the past few years. Yet, we still know little about the ecology of chytrids, their life cycles, phylogeny, host specificity and range. Information on the contribution of chytrids to trophic interactions, as well as co-evolutionary feedbacks of fungal parasitism on host populations is also limited. This paper synthesizes ideas stressing the multifaceted biological relevance of phytoplankton chytridiomycosis, resulting from discussions among an international team of chytrid researchers. It presents our view on the most pressing research needs for promoting the integration of chytrid fungi into aquatic ecology.
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