A fungi hotspot deep down the ocean: explaining the presence of Gjaerumia minor in Equatorial Pacific bathypelagic waters
Pernice, M. C.; Forn, I.; Logares, R.; Massana, R.
10.1101/2024.01.25.577184 bioRxivShow abstract
A plant parasite associated with the white haze disease in apples, the Basidiomycota Gjaerumia minor, has been found in most samples of the global bathypelagic ocean. An analysis of environmental 18S rDNA sequences on 12 vertical profiles of the Malaspina 2010 expedition shows that the relative abundance of this cultured species actually increases with depth while its distribution is remarkably different between the deep waters of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, being present in higher concentrations in the former. This is evident from sequence analysis and a microscopic survey with a species-specific newly designed TSA-FISH probe. Several hints point to the hypothesis that G. minor is transported to the deep ocean attached to particles, and the absence of G. minor in bathypelagic Atlantic waters could then be explained by the absence of this organism in surface waters of the equatorial Atlantic. The good correlation of G. minor biomass with recalcitrant carbon and free-living prokaryotic biomass in South Pacific waters, together with the identification of the observed cells as yeast and not as a resting spore (teliospore), point to the possibility that once arrived at deep layer this species keeps on growing and thriving.
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