Fungal Diversity and Its Relationship with Environmental Factors in Coastal Sediments from Guangdong, China
As one core of the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), Guangdong is facing some serious coastal environmental problems. Fungi are more vulnerable to changes in coastal environments than bacteria and archaea. This study investigated the fungal diversity and composition by high-throughpu...
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| author | Keyue Wu Yongchun Liu Xinyu Liao Xinyue Yang Zihui Chen Li Mo Saiyi Zhong Xiaoyong Zhang |
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| description | As one core of the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), Guangdong is facing some serious coastal environmental problems. Fungi are more vulnerable to changes in coastal environments than bacteria and archaea. This study investigated the fungal diversity and composition by high-throughput sequencing and detected basic parameters of seven environmental factors (temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, salinity, total organic carbon, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus) at 11 sites. A total of 2056 fungal operational taxonomic units (OTUs) belonging to 147 genera in 6 phyla were recovered; <i>Archaeorhizomyces</i> (17.5%) and <i>Aspergillus</i> (14.19%) were the most dominant genera. Interestingly, a total of 14 genera represented the first reports of coastal fungi in this study. Furthermore, there were nine genera of fungi that were significantly correlated with environmental factors. FUNGuild analysis indicated that saprotrophs and pathogens were the two trophic types with the highest proportions. Saprotrophs were significantly correlated with total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), and total phosphorus (TP), while pathogens were significantly correlated with pH. This study provides new scientific data for the study of the diversity and composition of fungal communities in coastal ecosystems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-82c165de74d24f08856e5d23ed2b97e82023-11-30T23:00:20ZengMDPI AGJournal of Fungi2309-608X2023-01-019110110.3390/jof9010101Fungal Diversity and Its Relationship with Environmental Factors in Coastal Sediments from Guangdong, ChinaKeyue Wu0Yongchun Liu1Xinyu Liao2Xinyue Yang3Zihui Chen4Li Mo5Saiyi Zhong6Xiaoyong Zhang7University Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, ChinaUniversity Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, ChinaUniversity Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, ChinaUniversity Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, ChinaUniversity Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, ChinaUniversity Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, ChinaGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Processing and Safety, College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, ChinaUniversity Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, ChinaAs one core of the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), Guangdong is facing some serious coastal environmental problems. Fungi are more vulnerable to changes in coastal environments than bacteria and archaea. This study investigated the fungal diversity and composition by high-throughput sequencing and detected basic parameters of seven environmental factors (temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, salinity, total organic carbon, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus) at 11 sites. A total of 2056 fungal operational taxonomic units (OTUs) belonging to 147 genera in 6 phyla were recovered; <i>Archaeorhizomyces</i> (17.5%) and <i>Aspergillus</i> (14.19%) were the most dominant genera. Interestingly, a total of 14 genera represented the first reports of coastal fungi in this study. Furthermore, there were nine genera of fungi that were significantly correlated with environmental factors. FUNGuild analysis indicated that saprotrophs and pathogens were the two trophic types with the highest proportions. Saprotrophs were significantly correlated with total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), and total phosphorus (TP), while pathogens were significantly correlated with pH. This study provides new scientific data for the study of the diversity and composition of fungal communities in coastal ecosystems.https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/9/1/101coastal sedimentsmarine fungienvironmental factorsdiversitycompositiontrophic types |
| spellingShingle | Keyue Wu Yongchun Liu Xinyu Liao Xinyue Yang Zihui Chen Li Mo Saiyi Zhong Xiaoyong Zhang Fungal Diversity and Its Relationship with Environmental Factors in Coastal Sediments from Guangdong, China Journal of Fungi coastal sediments marine fungi environmental factors diversity composition trophic types |
| title | Fungal Diversity and Its Relationship with Environmental Factors in Coastal Sediments from Guangdong, China |
| title_full | Fungal Diversity and Its Relationship with Environmental Factors in Coastal Sediments from Guangdong, China |
| title_fullStr | Fungal Diversity and Its Relationship with Environmental Factors in Coastal Sediments from Guangdong, China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fungal Diversity and Its Relationship with Environmental Factors in Coastal Sediments from Guangdong, China |
| title_short | Fungal Diversity and Its Relationship with Environmental Factors in Coastal Sediments from Guangdong, China |
| title_sort | fungal diversity and its relationship with environmental factors in coastal sediments from guangdong china |
| topic | coastal sediments marine fungi environmental factors diversity composition trophic types |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/9/1/101 |
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