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Morphological diversity of fungi collected from a biotic host. Fungal collection isolated from a marine sponge, Ircinia variabilis (formerly Psammocinia sp.). For details, see Paz et al. (35).
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Chytrid parasites of marine diatoms. (A) Chytrid sporangia on Pleurosigma sp. The white arrow indicates the operculate discharge pore. (B) Rhizoids (white arrow) extending into diatom host. (C) Chlorophyll aggregates localized to infection sites (white arrows). (D and E) Single hosts bearing multiple zoosporangia at different stages of development. The white arrow in panel E highlights branching rhizoids. (F) Endobiotic chytrid-like sporangia within diatom frustule. Bars = 10 μm. Adapted from Hassett and Gradinger (43) with permission.
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Roles of fungi in the marine carbon cycle by processing phytoplankton-derived organic matter. Parasitic fungi, as well as saprotrophic fungi, directly assimilate phytoplankton organic carbon. By releasing zoospores, the fungi bridge the trophic linkage to zooplankton, known as the mycoloop. By modifying the particulate and dissolved organic carbon, they can affect bacteria and the microbial loop. These processes may modify marine snow chemical composition and the subsequent functioning of the biological carbon pump. Modified from Gutierrez et al. (41) with permission.
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- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- WHAT FUNGI ARE IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT?
- WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES IN CHARACTERIZING MARINE MYCOBIOMES?
- HOW DO FUNGI INTERACT WITH THE MARINE BIOSPHERE?
- HOW DO FUNGI INFLUENCE MARINE BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES?
- ESTABLISHING MARINE FUNGAL MODEL SYSTEMS
- SUMMARY AND PERSPECTIVES
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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