Definition Marine fungi play a crucial role in energy flow and nutrient recycling, mediating
the cycling of dissolved organic matter in marine environments. However, despite being a …

Here we review how evolving species concepts have been applied to understand yeast
diversity. Initially, a phenotypic species concept was utilized taking into consideration …

Mycologists have been fascinated with marine fungi for more than 70 years now. An
enormous volume of information on marine fungi is presently available. We can now say …

Marine plastic pollution has a range of negative impacts for biota and the colonization of
plastics in the marine environment by microorganisms may have significant ecological …

Background Although a standard taxonomy of organisms has existed for nearly 300 years,
no consensus has yet been reached on principles for systematization of ecological diversity …

The composition of fungal and bacterial communities in three polythermal glaciers and
associated aquatic environments in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard was analysed using a …

Growing interest in understanding the relevance of marine fungi to food webs,
biogeochemical cycling, and biological patterns necessitates establishing a context for …

Recent molecular evidence suggests a global distribution of marine fungi; however, the
ecological relevance and corresponding biological contributions of fungi to marine …

Recent studies have highlighted the importance of ice-algal blooms in driving darkening and
therefore surface melt of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS). However, the contribution of fungal …

Understanding the factors that structure soil microbial communities and their relative
importance in determining local community assemblages is fundamental to understanding …