The fungal community of six sand samples from Saudi Arabia and Jordan deserts was characterized by culture-independent analysis via next generation sequencing of the 18S rRNA genes and by culture-dependent methods followed by sequencing of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region. By 18S sequencing were identified from 163 to 507 OTUs per sample, with a percentage of fungi ranging from 3.5% to 82.7%. The identified fungal Phyla were Ascomycota, Basal fungi, and Basidiomycota and the most abundant detected classes were Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycetes, and Sordariomycetes. A total of 11 colonies of filamentous fungi were isolated and cultured from six samples, and the ITS sequencing pointed toward five different species of the class Sordariomycetes, belonging to genera Fusarium (F. redolens, F. solani, F. equiseti), Chaetomium (C. madrasense), and Albifimbria (A. terrestris). The results of this study show an unexpectedly large fungal biodiversity in the Middle East desert sand and their possible role and implications on human health.

Biodiversity of fungi in hot desert sands / Murgia, Manuela; Fiamma, Maura; Barac, Aleksandra; Deligios, Massimo; Mazzarello, Vittorio Lorenzo; Paglietti, Bianca; Cappuccinelli, Pietro; Al-Qahtani, Ahmed; Squartini, Andrea; Rubino, Salvatore; Al-Ahdal, Mohammed N.. - In: MICROBIOLOGYOPEN. - ISSN 2045-8827. - 8:(2019), pp. 1-10. [10.1002/mbo3.595]

Biodiversity of fungi in hot desert sands

Murgia, Manuela;Fiamma, Maura;Deligios, Massimo;Mazzarello, Vittorio Lorenzo;Paglietti, Bianca;Cappuccinelli, Pietro;Rubino, Salvatore;
2019-01-01

Abstract

The fungal community of six sand samples from Saudi Arabia and Jordan deserts was characterized by culture-independent analysis via next generation sequencing of the 18S rRNA genes and by culture-dependent methods followed by sequencing of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region. By 18S sequencing were identified from 163 to 507 OTUs per sample, with a percentage of fungi ranging from 3.5% to 82.7%. The identified fungal Phyla were Ascomycota, Basal fungi, and Basidiomycota and the most abundant detected classes were Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycetes, and Sordariomycetes. A total of 11 colonies of filamentous fungi were isolated and cultured from six samples, and the ITS sequencing pointed toward five different species of the class Sordariomycetes, belonging to genera Fusarium (F. redolens, F. solani, F. equiseti), Chaetomium (C. madrasense), and Albifimbria (A. terrestris). The results of this study show an unexpectedly large fungal biodiversity in the Middle East desert sand and their possible role and implications on human health.
2019
Biodiversity of fungi in hot desert sands / Murgia, Manuela; Fiamma, Maura; Barac, Aleksandra; Deligios, Massimo; Mazzarello, Vittorio Lorenzo; Paglietti, Bianca; Cappuccinelli, Pietro; Al-Qahtani, Ahmed; Squartini, Andrea; Rubino, Salvatore; Al-Ahdal, Mohammed N.. - In: MICROBIOLOGYOPEN. - ISSN 2045-8827. - 8:(2019), pp. 1-10. [10.1002/mbo3.595]
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