Identifying the spatial scales at which community assembly processes operate is fundamental for gaining a mechanistic understanding of drivers shaping ecological communities. In this study, we examined whether and how traits phylogenetic relationships structure fungal across scales. We applied joint species distribution modelling to European-scale dataset on 215 wood-inhabiting species, include...

Esca is a grapevine trunk disease (GTD) associated with different pathogenic fungi inhabiting the woody tissues. Bacteria can also be found in such tissues and they may interact with these fungal colonizers. Although such types of microbial interactions have been observed for wood diseases in many trees, this has never been studied for grapevine. In this study, the bacterial microflora of diffe...

Species of oligochaetes inhabiting other freshwater animals have been cited by Brinkhurst & Jamieson, 1980; Righi, 1984; Brinkhurst & Marchese, 1991. However, there are few published studies about the Brazilian species (Righi, 1984). Here, we report oligochaeta species inhabiting freshwater sponges, as well as on bryozoans and hydrozoans from some Brazilian aquatic ecosystems. The material was ...

Despite recent advances in understanding the microbiome of eukaryotes, little is known about microbial communities in fungi. Here we investigate the structure of bacterial communities in mushrooms, including common edible ones, with respect to biotic and abiotic factors in the boreal forest. Using a combination of culture-based and Illumina high-throughput sequencing, we characterized the bacte...

Microbes inhabiting the phyllosphere of crops are exposed to pesticides applied either directly onto plant foliage or indirectly through soil. Although, phyllosphere microbiology has been rapidly evolving, little is still known regarding the impact of pesticides on the epiphytic microbial community and especially on fungi. We determined the impact of two systemic pesticides (metalaxyl and imida...

Abstract It is important for civil engineering applications to investigate resistance wood decay in aqueous environments. DNA from microorganisms inhabiting logs (groynes) that had been used about 15 years as a water control system prevent riverbank erosion was extracted and the microbial community structure examined. specimens four sections, above under water, ground bottom parts of were pulle...

a Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway b Dept. Plant Biology and Ecology (Botany), Fac. of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), E-48080 Bilbao, Spain c Bavarian Forest National Park, Mycology and Climatology Section Research, Freyunger Str. 2, 94481 Grafenau, Germany d Mor...