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DIVERSITY PATTERNS, ECOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF FUNGAL COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENDEMIC MACROALGAE ACROSS THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas. Departamento de Microbiologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas. Departamento de Microbiologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas. Departamento de Microbiologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
Universidade Estadual do Parana. Laboratorio de Ficologia e Qualidade de Agua do Mar. Paranagua, PR, Brazil
Secao de Ficologia para Nucleo de Pesquisa em Ficologia. Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Secao de Ficologia para Nucleo de Pesquisa em Ficologia. Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou. Laboratorio de Quımica de Produtos Naturais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou. Laboratorio de Parasitologia Celular e Molecular. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou. Laboratorio de Parasitologia Celular e Molecular. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou. Laboratorio de Quımica de Produtos Naturais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Agricultural Research Service. Natural Products Utilization Research Unit. Oxford, MS, USA
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas. Departamento de Microbiologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas. Departamento de Microbiologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas. Departamento de Microbiologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas. Departamento de Microbiologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
Universidade Estadual do Parana. Laboratorio de Ficologia e Qualidade de Agua do Mar. Paranagua, PR, Brazil
Secao de Ficologia para Nucleo de Pesquisa em Ficologia. Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Secao de Ficologia para Nucleo de Pesquisa em Ficologia. Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou. Laboratorio de Quımica de Produtos Naturais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou. Laboratorio de Parasitologia Celular e Molecular. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou. Laboratorio de Parasitologia Celular e Molecular. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou. Laboratorio de Quımica de Produtos Naturais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Agricultural Research Service. Natural Products Utilization Research Unit. Oxford, MS, USA
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas. Departamento de Microbiologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas. Departamento de Microbiologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
Abstract
We surveyed the distribution and diversity of fungi associated with eight macroalgae from Antarctica and their capability to produce bioactive compounds. The collections yielded 148 fungal isolates, which were identified using molecular methods as belonging to 21 genera and 50 taxa. The most frequent taxa were Geomyces species (sp.), Penicillium sp. and Metschnikowia australis. Seven fungal isolates associated with the endemic Antarctic macroalgae Monostroma hariotii (Chlorophyte) displayed high internal transcribed spacer sequences similarities with the psychrophilic pathogenic fungus Geomyces destructans. Thirty-three fungal singletons (66%) were identified, representing rare components of the fungal communities. The fungal communities displayed high diversity, richness and dominance indices; however, rarefaction curves indicated that not all of the fungal diversity present was recovered. Penicillium sp. UFMGCB 6034 and Penicillium sp. UFMGCB 6120, recovered from the endemic species Palmaria decipiens (Rhodophyte) and M. hariotii, respectively, yielded extracts with high and selective antifungal and/or trypanocidal activities, in which a preliminary spectral analysis using proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy indicated the presence of highly functionalised aromatic compounds. These results suggest that the endemic and cold-adapted macroalgae of Antarctica shelter a rich, diversity and complex fungal communities consisting of a few dominant indigenous or mesophilic cold-adapted species, and a large number of rare and/or endemic taxa, which may provide an interesting model of algal–fungal interactions under extreme conditions as well as a potential source of bioactive compounds. The ISME Journal (2013) 7, 1434–1451; doi:10.1038/ismej.2013.77; published online 23 May 2013 Subject Category: Microbial ecology and functional diversity of natural habitats
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