Book of Abstracts (PDF) - International Mycological Association
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IMC7 Main Congress Theme I: BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION Posters<br />
temporary identification keys based on individual research<br />
papers and extralimital monographs.<br />
548 - Fungal community analysis using environmental<br />
genomics<br />
H.E. O'Brien 1 , J.A. Jackson 1 , J.E. Johnson 2 , J.L. Parrent 1 ,<br />
J.-M. Moncalvo 1* & R. Vilgalys 1<br />
1 Department <strong>of</strong> Biology, Duke University, Durham NC<br />
27708, U.S.A. - 2 Department <strong>of</strong> Biological Sciences,<br />
Cameron University, Lawson OK 23505, U.S.A. - E-mail:<br />
jeanmarc@duke.edu<br />
We applied culture-independent methods developed for<br />
bacteria to assess fungal community diversity across three<br />
different forest types within the Duke Forest without<br />
relying on fruitbody collections. Samples representing<br />
litter, O, A, and B soil horizons were investigated by direct<br />
DNA extraction from 50 pooled samples and cloning <strong>of</strong><br />
DNA libraries from PCR fragments for both variable (ITS)<br />
and conserved (18S) regions within the rDNA genes. Ca.<br />
1600 ITS sequences were produced and sorted using<br />
BLAST searches. ITS sequences with > 80% similarity to<br />
fungal groups for which extensive taxonomic databases are<br />
already available were further analyzed phylogenetically.<br />
Two hundred 18S sequences were produced, and a global<br />
phylogenetic analysis was conducted to place them in a<br />
broader framework within Eukarya. Results showed that<br />
species diversity is extremely high, with a large proportion<br />
<strong>of</strong> unique sequence types. Fungi, especially<br />
ectomycorrhizal basidiomycetes, comprise 50-75% <strong>of</strong><br />
eukaryotic diversity in all samples. We are currently in the<br />
process <strong>of</strong> developing automated databasing and<br />
bioinformatic tools to improve our ability to characterize<br />
fungal communities. Given the relative ease <strong>of</strong> sequence<br />
data collection, these tools should enable cross-platform<br />
comparisons <strong>of</strong> microbial biodiversity studies, including<br />
functional ecology and changes in microbial communities.<br />
549 - Studies in Rocky Mountain alpine Laccaria<br />
(Basidiomycota, Agaricales, Tricholomataceae)<br />
T.W. Osmundson * & C.L. Cripps<br />
Montana State University, Department <strong>of</strong> Plant Sciences &<br />
Plant Pathology, 119 Ag-Biosciences Building, Bozeman,<br />
MT 59717, U.S.A. - E-mail: two@gemini.oscs.montana.edu<br />
Documenting the diversity <strong>of</strong> gilled fungi in the North<br />
American alpine zone is a primary goal <strong>of</strong> the National<br />
Science Foundation Biotic Surveys and Inventories -<br />
sponsored Rocky Mountain Alpine Mycota project. As part<br />
<strong>of</strong> this project, a detailed study <strong>of</strong> the genus Laccaria was<br />
conducted using material collected at field sites above<br />
treeline in four mountain ranges located in the central and<br />
northern Rocky Mountains. Several Laccaria species are<br />
common components <strong>of</strong> the alpine mycota, appearing to be<br />
important ectomycorrhizal symbionts <strong>of</strong> the alpine dwarf<br />
willows Salix reticulata and S. arctica and shrub willows S.<br />
planifolia and S. glauca. Four taxa were identified on the<br />
basis <strong>of</strong> macro- and micromorphological characters: L.<br />
montana, L. pumila, L. cf. bicolor, and L. cf. laccata var.<br />
pallidifolia. Of these taxa, L. montana is reported only<br />
from the northern Rocky Mountain alpine sites, L. cf.<br />
bicolor and L. cf. laccata var. pallidifolia only from the<br />
central Rocky Mountains, and L. pumila from all four<br />
mountain ranges. L. proxima, collected at a subalpine site<br />
close to the northern field sites and in association with<br />
Salix shrubs, was not found above treeline. Ribosomal ITS<br />
DNA sequences are being analyzed to study biogeographic<br />
and phylogenetic patterns. The taxonomy, distributions,<br />
and ecology <strong>of</strong> Rocky Mountain alpine Laccaria species<br />
will be discussed.<br />
550 - Ribosomal DNA PCR-RFLP analysis <strong>of</strong> anaerobic<br />
fungi isolated from rumen and faeces<br />
E. Ozkose 1* , D.R. Davies 2 , M.S. Ekinci 1 & G.W. Griffith 3<br />
1 Sutcu Imam University, Animal Science Department,<br />
Kahramanmaras, Turkey. - 2 Institute <strong>of</strong> Grassland and<br />
Environmental Research, Animal Science department,<br />
Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, U.K. - 3 University <strong>of</strong> Wales<br />
Aberystwyth, Biological Sciences, Aberystwyth, SY23 3BY,<br />
U.K. - E-mail: eozkose@ksu.edu.tr<br />
Anaerobic fungi inhabit in the digestive tract <strong>of</strong> most<br />
herbivores and they can be isolated from gastro intestinal<br />
tact and faeces <strong>of</strong> these animals. In this study we aimed to<br />
identify anaerobic fungi by PCR-RFLP analysis <strong>of</strong> ITS<br />
region. Fresh, frozen (1 month) and fresh rumen digesta <strong>of</strong><br />
3 cows were used as fungal source. Fungal cultures (n=198<br />
tubes) from highest dilution series <strong>of</strong> most probable<br />
number (MPN) technique, which gives rise to axenic<br />
cultures proliferate from a single cell in the lowest level <strong>of</strong><br />
dilution, were used as DNA source. Primers ITS1F (CTT<br />
GGT CAT TTA GAG GAA GTA A) and BlastITS4 (TCC<br />
TCC GCT TAT TAA TAT GC) were used for PCR<br />
amplification. Successfully amplified samples (133/198)<br />
produced a single PCR product with ca 960 bp therefore it<br />
was not possible to identify the isolate at even genus level<br />
using size <strong>of</strong> the ITS region alone. Using <strong>of</strong> restriction<br />
enzyme DraI, which digested all samples at least once,<br />
gave rise to 12 different ribotypes. Some ribotypes groups<br />
were found large (e.g. 45 isolates in one group) whilst few<br />
ribotypes included only a single isolate. Our results showed<br />
that PCR-RFLP analysis has a potential use in anaerobic<br />
fungal discrimination at least to the genera level.<br />
551 - The role <strong>of</strong> taxonomists in scientific<br />
reproducibility<br />
A. Padmanaban<br />
Institute <strong>of</strong> Microbial Technology, Microbial Type Culture<br />
Collection, Sector 39-A,Chandigarh-160036, India. - Email:<br />
apnaban@rediffmail.com<br />
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