Fungal aerobiota are not affected by time nor environment over a 13-y time series at the Mauna Loa Observatory.

ABSTRACT: Fungi are ubiquitous and often abundant components of virtually all ecosystems on Earth, serving a diversity of functions. While there is clear evidence that fungal-mediated processes can influence environmental conditions, and in turn select for specific fungi, it is less clear how fungi respond to environmental fluxes over relatively long time frames. Here we set out to examine changes in airborne fungi collected over the course of 13 y, which is the longest sampling time to date. Air filter samples were collected from the Mauna Loa Observatory (MLO) on Hawaii Island, and analyzed using Illumina amplicon sequencing. As a study site, MLO is unique because of its geographic isolation and high elevation, making it an ideal place to capture global trends in climate and aerobiota. We found th

SUBMITTER: Tipton L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6926071 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature