Studies of Aquatic Fungi. XIII. Mycoflora of the River Czarna Hańcza and its Tributary, the River Marycha

Czeczuga, B.; Brzozowska, Krystyna; Woronowicz, Lucyna

doi:10.1002/iroh.19900750210

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“…Similarly, the total number of species at sites 1 and 2 (four and three, respectively) is extremely low: in the upper, clean reaches of the Nethravathi River, twenty-two species were found (Sridhar & Kaveriappa, 1989b), and comparable numbers occur in several unpolluted streams in the same area (Sridhar, Chandrashekar & Kaveriappa, 1992). Lower species diversity of aquatic hyphomycetes in organically polluted stream reaches has been reported in a majority of studies (Greathead, 1961;Conway, 1970;Kreisel & Manoharachary, 1983;Burgos & Castillo, 1986;Czeczuga, Brzozowska & Woronowicz, 1990;Au, Hodgkiss & Vrijmoed, 1992b), but no such decline was observed by van der Merwe & Jooste (1988) and Suberkropp et al (1988). The decisive factor may be the effect of organic pollutants on oxygen content of the stream water: aquatic hyphomycetes are rare or absent on leaves turned black in the absence of oxygen (authors' unpublished observation).…”

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Breakdown of Ficusand Eucalyptusleaves in an organically polluted river in India: fungal diversity and ecological functions

1998

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1. At two organically polluted sites in the River Nethravathi, banyan and eucalypt leaves were colonized by one or two species of aquatic hyphomycetes. A total of three or four species were identified at the two sites in samples of water and naturally occurring leaves. 2. Spore production from stream‐exposed leaves by aquatic hyphomycetes was lower by a factor of up to 1 million compared with an earlier study in geographically close but unpolluted streams. 3. Exponential decay rates and loss rates of phosphorus and calcium, were not statistically different from an earlier study in unpolluted streams. Nitrogen increased during decomposition more slowly in the current study. 4. The microbial community on both leaves released enzymes active against starch, pectin, cellulose and xylan. 5. Banyan leaves conditioned for 12 weeks were more palatable to the gastropod Notopala sp. than unconditioned leaves. 6. Together with earlier data from unpolluted streams, the study provides evidence that organic pollution severely restricts diversity of aquatic hyphomycetes and their reproductive output, but does not have an equally strong effect on ecological functions generally associated with this group.

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Breakdown of Ficusand Eucalyptusleaves in an organically polluted river in India: fungal diversity and ecological functions

1998

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“…The direct plating method (CZECZUGA et al 1990, KINSEY et al 1999) was used for sampling waterborne fungi in our study, using 2 mL of water taking from the sterile bottle poured to petri plate containing Rose-Bengal streptomycin agar medium. Growing colonies were transferred to PETRİ dishes containing one of three different culture media [malt extract agar (MEA) (Acumedia, USA), czapek's solution agar (CZ) (MERCK, Germany) and potato dextrose agar (PDA) (MERCK, Germany)] for identification, and then transferred everything to PDA for stock cultures.…”

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Isolation, identification and seasonal distrubution of airborne and waterborne fungi in Terkos Lake (Istanbul–Turkey)

Asan

Kırgız

Şen

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J. Basic Microbiol.

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This paper focuses on isolation and identification of airborne and waterborne fungi from different parts of Terkos Lake located in Istanbul (Turkey). The quantitative and qualitative fungal composition of the air and water of the Lake was surveyed monthly for a year (August 2000-July 2001). Water samples were taken at five different stations at Terkos Lake. Airborne fungal spore levels were estimated by exposing a petri dish containing Rose-Bengal streptomycin agar medium to air for 15 minutes. A total of 2372 fungal colonies (1032 from air and 1340 water) was counted on 216 petri plates. We isolated twenty mould species belonging to 9 genera. Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, Penicillium expansum and Cladosporium herbarum were the most abundant species (22.0%, 13.4% and 12.9%, respectively). Cladosporium herbarum and sphaerospermum are very common in air samples (29.7% and 27.0%, respectively). Many of the species isolated are rarely in the atmospheric and water environment such as Aspergillus niger and Cladosporium variabile. Statistical analysis revealed a positive correlation between total CFUs and a number of environmental factors.

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“…The present study has revealed that cryptogam plant spores and pollen grains of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants are frequently colonized by a number of hyphomycete species. Some of them appear new to Polish waters and we have never found these species in any other aquatic environments such as morning dew, rainwater, melting snow and ice [36][37][38][39][40][41][42]. In our study both aquatic and aero-aquatic hyphomycete species were found on the spores and pollen grains.…”

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Hyphomycetes Species on Floating Plant Spores and Pollen

Czeczuga

Orłowska

2001

Acta hydrochim. hydrobiol.

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The authors investigated the hyphomycete species growing on the spores and pollen of 27 plant taxa in the water of three water body varying in trophic state. A total of 82 hyphomycete species were noted. The most common species were Acrodictys bambusicola, Angulospora aquatica, Heliscus submersus, Lemonniera aquatica, Microstella pluvioriens, Trinacrium subtile, and Varicosporum delicatum. The fewest species were found to colonize pollen grains of Typha angustifolia (11 species), the most were observed on the spores of Pteridium aquilinum (18 species). Fifteen species were recorded for the first time in Polish waters.

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Studies of Aquatic Fungi. XIII. Mycoflora of the River Czarna Hańcza and its Tributary, the River Marycha

Cited by 10 publications

References 5 publications

Breakdown of Ficusand Eucalyptusleaves in an organically polluted river in India: fungal diversity and ecological functions

Breakdown of Ficusand Eucalyptusleaves in an organically polluted river in India: fungal diversity and ecological functions

Isolation, identification and seasonal distrubution of airborne and waterborne fungi in Terkos Lake (Istanbul–Turkey)

Hyphomycetes Species on Floating Plant Spores and Pollen

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