Diverse groups of fungi are associated with plastics in the surface waters of the Western South Atlantic and the Antarctic Peninsula

Ecology of the plastisphere

(2020) Linda A. Amaral-Zettler et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Endemic and cosmopolitan fungal taxa exhibit differential abundances in total and active communities of Antarctic soils

(2019) Filipa Cox et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Fungi in the Marine Environment: Open Questions and Unsolved Problems

(2019) Anthony Amend et al.   mBio

Fungi in aquatic ecosystems

(2019) Hans-Peter Grossart et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Arctic marine fungi: biomass, functional genes, and putative ecological roles

(2019) B. T Hassett et al.   ISME Journal

Are drivers of root-associated fungal community structure context specific?

(2019) A. Khuzaim Alzarhani et al.   ISME Journal

Contrasted ecological niches shape fungal and prokaryotic community structure in mangroves sediments

(2019) Patricia Luis et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Marine fungi

(2019) Amy S. Gladfelter et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Diversity and distribution of hidden cultivable fungi associated with marine animals of Antarctica

(2019) Valéria Martins Godinho et al.   Fungal Biology

Marine Microbial Assemblages on Microplastics: Diversity, Adaptation, and Role in Degradation

(2019) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Global diversity and geography of planktonic marine fungi

(2019) Brandon T. Hassett et al.   BOTANICA MARINA

Eukaryotic influence on the oceanic biological carbon pump in the Scotia Sea as revealed by 18S rRNA gene sequencing of suspended and sinking particles

(2019) Manon T. Duret et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Influence of Near‐Surface Currents on the Global Dispersal of Marine Microplastic

(2019) David Wichmann et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS

Microplastics alter feeding selectivity and faecal density in the copepod, Calanus helgolandicus

(2019) Rachel L. Coppock et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Evidence of niche partitioning among bacteria living on plastics, organic particles and surrounding seawaters

(2018) C. Dussud et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Clarifying the Relationships between Microsporidia and Cryptomycota

(2018) David Bass et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

Ingestion and fragmentation of plastic carrier bags by the amphipod Orchestia gammarellus : Effects of plastic type and fouling load

(2018) D.J. Hodgson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

MEGA X: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis across Computing Platforms

(2018) Sudhir Kumar et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Optimal extraction methods for the simultaneous analysis of DNA from diverse organisms and sample types

(2018) Syrie M. Hermans et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Environmental Factors Support the Formation of Specific Bacterial Assemblages on Microplastics

(2018) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

High-resolution Time-series Reveals Seasonal Patterns of Planktonic Fungi at a Temperate Coastal Ocean Site (Beaufort, North Carolina, USA)

(2018) Yingbo Duan et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Ability of fungi isolated from plastic debris floating in the shoreline of a lake to degrade plastics

(2018) Ivano Brunner et al.   PLoS One

A comprehensive fungi-specific 18S rRNA gene sequence primer toolkit suited for diverse research issues and sequencing platforms

(2018) Stefanos Banos et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Effects of organic matter and low oxygen on the mycobenthos in a coastal lagoon

(2018) Ana‐Sofia Ortega‐Arbulú et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Mature biofilm communities on synthetic polymers in seawater - Specific or general?

(2018) Inga V. Kirstein et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Smells good enough to eat: Dimethyl sulfide (DMS) enhances copepod ingestion of microplastics

(2018) Jade Procter et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics alter composition of fungal communities in aquatic ecosystems

(2017) Marie Therese Kettner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Temporal Dynamics of Bacterial and Fungal Colonization on Plastic Debris in the North Sea

(2017) Caroline De Tender et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Taxonomy, phylogeny and ecology of cultivable fungi present in seawater gradients across the Northern Antarctica Peninsula

(2017) Vívian N. Gonçalves et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Algal polysaccharide utilisation by saprotrophic planktonic marine fungi

(2017) Michael Cunliffe et al.   Fungal Ecology

Tsunami-driven rafting: Transoceanic species dispersal and implications for marine biogeography

(2017) James T. Carlton et al.   SCIENCE

The culturable mycobiota of a Mediterranean marine site after an oil spill: isolation, identification and potential application in bioremediation

(2017) Elena Bovio et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biodegradation of polyethylene microplastics by the marine fungus Zalerion maritimum

(2017) Ana Paço et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Plastics in the North Atlantic garbage patch: A boat-microbe for hitchhikers and plastic degraders

(2017) Didier Debroas et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Spatial and temporal changes of parasitic chytrids of cyanobacteria

(2017) Mélanie Gerphagnon et al.   Scientific Reports

Spatial and seasonal variation in diversity and structure of microbial biofilms on marine plastics in Northern European waters

(2017) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Early diverging lineages within Cryptomycota and Chytridiomycota dominate the fungal communities in ice-covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

(2017) Keilor Rojas-Jimenez et al.   Scientific Reports

Spatial distribution of aquatic marine fungi across the western Arctic and sub-arctic

(2016) Brandon T. Hassett et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Chytrids dominate arctic marine fungal communities

(2016) B. T. Hassett et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

FUNGuild: An open annotation tool for parsing fungal community datasets by ecological guild

(2016) Nhu H. Nguyen et al.   Fungal Ecology

Multi-year assessment of coastal planktonic fungi reveals environmental drivers of diversity and abundance

(2016) Joe D Taylor et al.   ISME Journal

Eukaryotic microbes, principally fungi and labyrinthulomycetes, dominate biomass on bathypelagic marine snow

(2016) Alexander B Bochdansky et al.   ISME Journal

Fungi Sailing the Arctic Ocean: Speciose Communities in North Atlantic Driftwood as Revealed by High-Throughput Amplicon Sequencing

(2016) Teppo Rämä et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

A phylum-level phylogenetic classification of zygomycete fungi based on genome-scale data

(2016) Joseph W. Spatafora et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Plastic waste in the marine environment: A review of sources, occurrence and effects

(2016) W.C. LI et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Diversity and Activity of Communities Inhabiting Plastic Debris in the North Pacific Gyre

(2016) Jessica A. Bryant et al.   mSystems

Microbes on a Bottle: Substrate, Season and Geography Influence Community Composition of Microbes Colonizing Marine Plastic Debris

(2016) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   PLoS One

Novel chytrid lineages dominate fungal sequences in diverse marine and freshwater habitats

(2016) André M. Comeau et al.   Scientific Reports

Ingestion of Microplastics by Zooplankton in the Northeast Pacific Ocean

(2015) Jean-Pierre W. Desforges et al.   ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Marine microplastic-associated biofilms – a review

(2015) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Microplastic and macroplastic ingestion by a deep diving, oceanic cetacean: The True's beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus

(2015) Amy L. Lusher et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

(2015) Erik van Sebille et al.   Environmental Research Letters

The biogeography of the Plastisphere: implications for policy

(2015) Linda A Amaral-Zettler et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

The impact of debris on marine life

(2015) S.C. Gall et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Biodegradation of HDPE by Aspergillus spp. from marine ecosystem of Gulf of Mannar, India

(2015) Rajendran Sangeetha Devi et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Diversity of Marine-Derived Fungal Cultures Exposed by DNA Barcodes: The Algorithm Matters

(2015) Nikos Andreakis et al.   PLoS One

Molecular diversity and distribution of marine fungi across 130 European environmental samples

(2015) Thomas A. Richards et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

High-throughput sequencing reveals neustonic and planktonic microbial eukaryote diversity in coastal waters

(2014) Joe D. Taylor et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Millimeter-Sized Marine Plastics: A New Pelagic Habitat for Microorganisms and Invertebrates

(2014) Julia Reisser et al.   PLoS One

Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea

(2014) Marcus Eriksen et al.   PLoS One

Fungal association with sessile marine invertebrates

(2014) Oded Yarden   Frontiers in Microbiology

Morphology, phylogeny, and ecology of the aphelids (Aphelidea, Opisthokonta) and proposal for the new superphylum Opisthosporidia

(2014) Sergey A. Karpov et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Ingestion and transfer of microplastics in the planktonic food web

(2013) Outi Setälä et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Life in the “Plastisphere”: Microbial Communities on Plastic Marine Debris

(2013) Erik R. Zettler et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Taxonomic assessment and enzymes production by yeasts isolated from marine and terrestrial Antarctic samples

(2013) A. W. F. Duarte et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Diversity and bioprospecting of fungal communities associated with endemic and cold-adapted macroalgae in Antarctica

(2013) Valéria M Godinho et al.   ISME Journal

UPARSE: highly accurate OTU sequences from microbial amplicon reads

(2013) Robert C Edgar   NATURE METHODS

Deep Sequencing of Subseafloor Eukaryotic rRNA Reveals Active Fungi across Marine Subsurface Provinces

(2013) William Orsi et al.   PLoS One

Marine Plastic Pollution in Waters around Australia: Characteristics, Concentrations, and Pathways

(2013) Julia Reisser et al.   PLoS One

Biodegradation of low density polyethylene (LDPE) by fungi isolated from marine water– a SEM analysis

(2012) R. Pramila   African Journal of Microbiology Research

New primers to amplify the fungal ITS2 region - evaluation by 454-sequencing of artificial and natural communities

(2012) Katarina Ihrmark et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Non-lichenized Antarctic fungi: transient visitors or members of a cryptic ecosystem?

(2012) P.D. Bridge et al.   Fungal Ecology

The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools

(2012) Christian Quast et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Marine Fungi: Their Ecology and Molecular Diversity

(2011) Thomas A. Richards et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Biodegradation of Polyester Polyurethane by Endophytic Fungi

(2011) Jonathan R. Russell et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

UCHIME improves sensitivity and speed of chimera detection

(2011) Robert C. Edgar et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Search and clustering orders of magnitude faster than BLAST

(2010) Robert C. Edgar   BIOINFORMATICS

The role of fungi in processing marine organic matter in the upwelling ecosystem off Chile

(2010) M. H. Gutiérrez et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Multiple marker parallel tag environmental DNA sequencing reveals a highly complex eukaryotic community in marine anoxic water

(2010) THORSTEN STOECK et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Presence of Aspergillus sydowii, a pathogen of gorgonian sea fans in the marine sponge Spongia obscura

(2009) Neta Ein-Gil et al.   ISME Journal

Environmental implications of plastic debris in marine settings--entanglement, ingestion, smothering, hangers-on, hitch-hiking and alien invasions

(2009) M. R. Gregory   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A Method for Studying Protistan Diversity Using Massively Parallel Sequencing of V9 Hypervariable Regions of Small-Subunit Ribosomal RNA Genes

(2009) Linda A. Amaral-Zettler et al.   PLoS One

Fungal community associated with marine macroalgae from Antarctica

(2009) Carolina P. Loque et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Biological degradation of plastics: A comprehensive review

(2008) Aamer Ali Shah et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES