Ecology and Evolution of Marine Fungi With Their Adaptation to Climate Change

Frontiers in Microbiology

V. Venkateswara Sarma¹  Kasun M. Thambugala²  Vinit Kumar³  Jun-Jie Huang³  Ge-Fei Hao³  Xiang-Yang Li³ 

[1] Department of Biotechnology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India;Genetics and Molecular Biology Unit, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka;State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for Research and Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China;

关键词: Aspergillus terreus;    ecology;    eDNA;    evolution;    Hortaea werneckii;    next-generation sequencing;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmicb.2021.719000

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Climate change agitates interactions between organisms and the environment and forces them to adapt, migrate, get replaced by others, or extinct. Marine environments are extremely sensitive to climate change that influences their ecological functions and microbial community including fungi. Fungi from marine habitats are engaged and adapted to perform diverse ecological functions in marine environments. Several studies focus on how complex interactions with the surrounding environment affect fungal evolution and their adaptation. However, a review addressing the adaptation of marine fungi to climate change is still lacking. Here we have discussed the adaptations of fungi in the marine environment with an example of Hortaea werneckii and Aspergillus terreus which may help to reduce the risk of climate change impacts on marine environments and organisms. We address the ecology and evolution of marine fungi and the effects of climate change on them to explain the adaptation mechanism. A review of marine fungal adaptations will show widespread effects on evolutionary biology and the mechanism responsible for it.

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