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Diversity of fungi from marine inundated wood from the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada

  • Sarah J. Adams

    Sarah J. Adams has an MSc in Biology and a BScH in Environmental Science from Acadia University. Her fields of interest include the molecular characterization of fungi, fungal interactions with plants, native plant conservation through herbaria, seed banking and tissue culture, and ecosystem restoration. She presently works as a department technician and research assistant in the Department of Biology at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.

     EMAIL logo     and Allison K. Walker

    Allison K. Walker is a professor of Biology and director of the E.C. Smith Herbarium at Acadia University. Her research uses morphological and molecular techniques to characterize marine fungal diversity in intertidal zones.

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Published/Copyright: July 13, 2023
Botanica Marina
From the journal Botanica Marina Volume 66 Issue 4

Abstract

Marine fungi play an integral role in the decomposition of intertidal organic substrata but remain understudied in cold-water habitats including Atlantic Canada. Marine inundated wood from the intertidal zone was sampled from 30 sites along the Bay of Fundy coastline in Nova Scotia, Canada. Wood types studied included attached and loose intertidal wood, and driftwood. Emergent fungi were cultured and identified using ITS (internal transcribed spacers) rDNA barcoding. Two hundred and twenty cultures representing 86 fungi are reported. Sixty-one fungi were new records for the Bay of Fundy, 41 are first records from the marine environment, and 19 fungi are potentially new to science. Fungi identified included eight obligate marine fungi, with the remaining fungi being facultatively marine. Eight ascomycetes were soft rot fungi; this ecological strategy for decaying woody material in cold-water marine environments is discussed. Historical records and roles of wood type and site on fungal colonization are discussed.

Keywords: biodiversity; lignicolous; marine fungi; wood inhabiting
Corresponding author: Sarah J. Adams, Department of Biology, Acadia University, 33 Westwood Ave, Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P 2R6, Canada, E-mail:

Funding source: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Award Identifier / Grant number: Discovery Grant No. “NSERC—2017-04325

About the authors

Sarah J. Adams

Sarah J. Adams has an MSc in Biology and a BScH in Environmental Science from Acadia University. Her fields of interest include the molecular characterization of fungi, fungal interactions with plants, native plant conservation through herbaria, seed banking and tissue culture, and ecosystem restoration. She presently works as a department technician and research assistant in the Department of Biology at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Allison K. Walker

Allison K. Walker is a professor of Biology and director of the E.C. Smith Herbarium at Acadia University. Her research uses morphological and molecular techniques to characterize marine fungal diversity in intertidal zones.

Acknowledgements

This work was completed at Acadia University as part of the Master’s thesis completed by Sarah Adams under the supervision of Dr. Allison Walker. S. Adams gratefully acknowledges MSc committee members S. Boates and T. Avery, examiners M. Coombs, R. Evans, J Lundholm, and D. Silver, and assistance from D. Divanli, A. Bunbury-Blanchette, A. Maynard, L. Taul, and field assistants S. Winters, A. Belliveau, E. and K. Adams. DNA sequencing was done by the Génome Québec Innovation Centre (McGill University).

  1. Author contributions: Sarah Adams: Study design, field and lab work, sequence identification, data analysis and manuscript preparation. Allison Walker: Study design, supervision, resources, manuscript review and editing. All authors accept responsibility for the content of this submitted manuscript and have approved its submission.

  2. Research funding: Sarah Adams: NSERC Canadian Graduate Scholarship – CGS M; Atlantic Canada Society for Microbial Ecology Graduate Student Award. Allison Walker: NSERC Discovery Grant (no. NSERC—2017-04325); Raddall Research Fund in Biology (Department of Biology, Acadia University).

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

  4. Research ethics: All work completed during this study was in compliance with national laws and academic standards.

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This article contains supplementary material (https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2023-0005).

Received: 2023-01-31
Accepted: 2023-06-06
Published Online: 2023-07-13
Published in Print: 2023-08-28

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https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2023-0005
Keywords for this article
biodiversity; lignicolous; marine fungi; wood inhabiting

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. In this issue
  3. Editorial
  4. Whither marine mycology: the way forward
  5. Taxonomy and Phylogeny
  6. Updates on the classification and numbers of marine fungi
  7. Recent progress in marine mycological research in different countries, and prospects for future developments worldwide
  8. Neocamarosporium aquaticum (Neocamarosporiaceae, Dothideomycetes), a novel fungus from salt marsh habitats
  9. Characterization of novel estuarine Ascomycota based on taxonomic and phylogenetic evaluation
  10. Ecology
  11. Diversity of fungi isolated from carapace and gut of the marine crab Portunus sanguinolentus in northern waters of Taiwan
  12. Genetic diversity of culturable fungi associated with scleractinian corals in the Gulf of Thailand
  13. Diversity of fungi from marine inundated wood from the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada
  14. Physiology/Biochemistry
  15. A review of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) of marine zoosporic microorganisms and their commercialization
  16. Salinity and temperature affect growth rate of Alphamyces chaetifer and Gorgonomyces haynaldii (Chytridiomycota) isolated from coastal habitats of Taiwan
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