Integrating chytrid fungal parasites into plankton ecology: research gaps and needs

Chytridiomycosis of Marine Diatoms—The Role of Stress Physiology and Resistance in Parasite-Host Recognition and Accumulation of Defense Molecules

(2017) Bettina Scholz et al.   Marine Drugs

A New Parasitic Chytrid, Staurastromyces oculus (Rhizophydiales, Staurastromycetaceae fam. nov.), Infecting the Freshwater Desmid Staurastrum sp.

(2017) Silke Van den Wyngaert et al.   PROTIST

Changes in N:P Supply Ratios Affect the Ecological Stoichiometry of a Toxic Cyanobacterium and Its Fungal Parasite

(2017) Thijs Frenken et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Chemotaxis of the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and its response to a variety of attractants

(2017) Angela S. Moss et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Evaluation of Daphnid Grazing on Microscopic Zoosporic Fungi by Using Comparative Threshold Cycle Quantitative PCR

(2016) Michelle A. Maier et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Quantifying change in pelagic plankton network stability and topology based on empirical long-term data

(2016) Alena S. Gsell et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

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

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

Fungal parasites infect marine diatoms in the upwelling ecosystem of the Humboldt current system off central Chile

(2016) Marcelo H. Gutiérrez et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Chytrids dominate arctic marine fungal communities

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

Ecological impacts of parasitic chytrids, syndiniales and perkinsids on populations of marine photosynthetic dinoflagellates

(2016) Thomas G. Jephcott et al.   Fungal Ecology

Discovery of dark matter fungi in aquatic ecosystems demands a reappraisal of the phylogeny and ecology of zoosporic fungi

(2016) Hans-Peter Grossart et al.   Fungal Ecology

Phylogenetic Position of Parasitic Chytrids on Diatoms: Characterization of a Novel Clade in Chytridiomycota

(2016) Kensuke Seto et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

discomark: nuclear marker discovery from orthologous sequences using draft genome data

(2016) Sereina Rutschmann et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Characterization of a new chytrid species parasitic on the dinoflagellate, Peridinium gatunense

(2016) Tamar Leshem et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Single-cell genome sequencing: current state of the science

(2016) Charles Gawad et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

A Game of Russian Roulette for a Generalist Dinoflagellate Parasitoid: Host Susceptibility Is the Key to Success

(2016) Elisabet Alacid et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Identification of senescence and death inEmiliania huxleyiandThalassiosira pseudonana: Cell staining, chlorophyll alterations, and dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) metabolism

(2016) Daniel J. Franklin et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

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

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

Chytrid parasitism facilitates trophic transfer between bloom-forming cyanobacteria and zooplankton (Daphnia)

(2016) Ramsy Agha et al.   Scientific Reports

Microbial players involved in the decline of filamentous and colonial cyanobacterial blooms with a focus on fungal parasitism

(2015) Mélanie Gerphagnon et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Warming accelerates termination of a phytoplankton spring bloom by fungal parasites

(2015) Thijs Frenken et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Hidden diversity in the freshwater planktonic diatomAsterionella formosa

(2015) S. Van den Wyngaert et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Therpb2gene represents a viable alternative molecular marker for the analysis of environmental fungal communities

(2015) Tomáš Větrovský et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

A new isolate of Amoeboaphelidium protococcarum, and Amoeboaphelidium occidentale, a new species in phylum Aphelida (Opisthosporidia)

(2015) Peter M. Letcher et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Fayochytriomyces, a new genus within Chytridiales

(2015) William J. Davis et al.   MYCOLOGIA

A new family and four new genera in Rhizophydiales (Chytridiomycota)

(2015) Peter M. Letcher et al.   MYCOLOGIA

A new genus and family for the misclassified chytrid, Rhizophlyctis harderi

(2015) Martha J. Powell et al.   MYCOLOGIA

One fungus, which genes? Development and assessment of universal primers for potential secondary fungal DNA barcodes

(2015) J.B. Stielow et al.   PERSOONIA

Eukaryotic plankton diversity in the sunlit ocean

(2015) C. de Vargas et al.   SCIENCE

A three-way perspective of stoichiometric changes on host–parasite interactions

(2015) Sanni L. Aalto et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Novel basal, fungal lineages from freshwater phytoplankton and lake samples

(2015) Seiji Ishida et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Potential roles for recently discovered chytrid parasites in the dynamics of harmful algal blooms

(2015) Frank H. Gleason et al.   Fungal Biology Reviews

PacBio Sequencing and Its Applications

(2015) Anthony Rhoads et al.   GENOMICS PROTEOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS

The Red Queen Race between Parasitic Chytrids and Their Host, Planktothrix: A Test Using a Time Series Reconstructed from Sediment DNA

(2015) Marcia Kyle et al.   PLoS One

Environmental Conditions Determine the Course and Outcome of Phytoplankton Chytridiomycosis

(2015) Thomas Rohrlack et al.   PLoS One

Microfluidics Expanding the Frontiers of Microbial Ecology

(2014) Roberto Rusconi et al.   Annual Review of Biophysics

Microscopic Aquatic Predators Strongly Affect Infection Dynamics of a Globally Emerged Pathogen

(2014) Dirk S. Schmeller et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Separating effects of climatic drivers and biotic feedbacks on seasonal plankton dynamics: no sign of trophic mismatch

(2014) Stella A. Berger et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Parasite Fitness Traits Under Environmental Variation: Disentangling the Roles of a Chytrid’s Immediate Host and External Environment

(2014) Silke Van den Wyngaert et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Gromochytrium mamkaevae gen. & sp. nov. and two new orders: Gromochytriales and Mesochytriales (Chytridiomycetes)

(2014) S.A. Karpov et al.   PERSOONIA

Importance of Saprotrophic Freshwater Fungi for Pollen Degradation

(2014) Christian Wurzbacher et al.   PLoS One

Dinomyces arenysensis gen. et sp. nov. (Rhizophydiales, Dinomycetaceae fam. nov.), a Chytrid Infecting Marine Dinoflagellates

(2014) Frédéric Lepelletier et al.   PROTIST

How Do Filamentous Pathogens Deliver Effector Proteins into Plant Cells?

(2014) Benjamin Petre et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Oligopeptides as Biomarkers of Cyanobacterial Subpopulations. Toward an Understanding of Their Biological Role

(2014) Ramsy Agha et al.   Toxins

Parasites in algae mass culture

(2014) Laura T. Carney et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Ecological functions of zoosporic hyperparasites

(2014) Frank H. Gleason et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Parasitic chytrids sustain zooplankton growth during inedible algal bloom

(2014) Serena Rasconi et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Mycoloop: chytrids in aquatic food webs

(2014) Maiko Kagami et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Putative Antiparasite Defensive System Involving Ribosomal and Nonribosomal Oligopeptides in Cyanobacteria of the Genus Planktothrix

(2013) Thomas Rohrlack et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Quantifying effects of abiotic and biotic drivers on community dynamics with multivariate autoregressive (MAR) models

(2013) Stephanie E. Hampton et al.   ECOLOGY

Community stoichiometry in a changing world: combined effects of warming and eutrophication on phytoplankton dynamics

(2013) Lisette N. De Senerpont Domis et al.   ECOLOGY

Chytrid epidemics may increase genetic diversity of a diatom spring-bloom

(2013) Alena S Gsell et al.   ISME Journal

Ecological stoichiometry: An elementary approach using basic principles

(2013) Dag O. Hessen et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Three new genera in Chytridiales from aquatic habitats in Argentina

(2013) Carlos G. Vélez et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Identification and Characterisation CRN Effectors in Phytophthora capsici Shows Modularity and Functional Diversity

(2013) Remco Stam et al.   PLoS One

Fungal Parasitism: Life Cycle, Dynamics and Impact on Cyanobacterial Blooms

(2013) Mélanie Gerphagnon et al.   PLoS One

Temperature Alters Host Genotype-Specific Susceptibility to Chytrid Infection

(2013) Alena S. Gsell et al.   PLoS One

Host-parasite genotypic interactions in the honey bee: the dynamics of diversity

(2013) Sophie E. F. Evison et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Temporal variation of the small eukaryotic community in two freshwater lakes: emphasis on zoosporic fungi

(2012) E Lefèvre et al.   AQUATIC MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Potential for green microalgae to produce hydrogen, pharmaceuticals and other high value products in a combined process

(2012) Kari Skjånes et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Phytoplankton chytridiomycosis: community structure and infectivity of fungal parasites in aquatic ecosystems

(2012) Serena Rasconi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular and morphological diversity of fungi and the associated functions in three European nearby lakes

(2012) Marlène Jobard et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Alternative states and population crashes in a resource-susceptible-infected model for planktonic parasites and hosts

(2012) DAAN J. GERLA et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Does genetic diversity limit disease spread in natural host populations?

(2012) K C King et al.   HEREDITY

Zoospore ultrastructure and phylogenetic position of Phlyctochytrium aureliae Ajello is revealed (Chytridiaceae, Chytridiales, Chytridiomycota)

(2012) Peter M. Letcher et al.   MYCOLOGIA

The Polychytriales ord. nov. contains chitinophilic members of the rhizophlyctoid alliance

(2012) Joyce E. Longcore et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Ocean Science: The power of plankton

(2012) Paul Falkowski   NATURE

Escape from the Red Queen: an overlooked scenario in coevolutionary studies

(2012) Tommy L. F. Leung et al.   OIKOS

Germ Tube Mediated Invasion of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Amphibian Skin Is Host Dependent

(2012) Pascale Van Rooij et al.   PLoS One

Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi

(2012) C. L. Schoch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Detecting Causality in Complex Ecosystems

(2012) G. Sugihara et al.   SCIENCE

Phytoplankton Chytridiomycosis: Fungal Parasites of Phytoplankton and Their Imprints on the Food Web Dynamics

(2012) Télesphore Sime-Ngando   Frontiers in Microbiology

Exploring and quantifying fungal diversity in freshwater lake ecosystems using rDNA cloning/sequencing and SSU tag pyrosequencing

(2011) Sébastien Monchy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Roles of parasitic fungi in aquatic food webs: a theoretical approach

(2011) TAKESHI MIKI et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Genetic and phenotypic influences on clone-level success and host specialization in a generalist parasite

(2011) A. V. KOEHLER et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Zoosporic true fungi in marine ecosystems: a review

(2011) Frank H. Gleason et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Molecular phylogenetic and zoospore ultrastructural analyses of Chytridium olla establish the limits of a monophyletic Chytridiales

(2011) Carlos G. Vélez et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Phylogeny of Powellomycetaceae fam. nov. and description of Geranomyces variabilis gen. et comb. nov.

(2011) D. Rabern Simmons   MYCOLOGIA

Functional Effects of Parasites on Food Web Properties during the Spring Diatom Bloom in Lake Pavin: A Linear Inverse Modeling Analysis

(2011) Boutheina Grami et al.   PLoS One

Non-immunological defense in an evolutionary framework

(2011) Benjamin J. Parker et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Host specificity in phylogenetic and geographic space

(2011) Robert Poulin et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Genomic Transition to Pathogenicity in Chytrid Fungi

(2011) Suzanne Joneson et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Possible Implications of Chytrid Parasitism for Population Subdivision in Freshwater Cyanobacteria of the GenusPlanktothrix

(2010) Jørn Henrik Sønstebø et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Parasitic fungi of phytoplankton: ecological roles and implications for microbial food webs

(2010) S Rasconi et al.   AQUATIC MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Atmospheric nitrogen deposition is associated with elevated phosphorus limitation of lake zooplankton

(2010) James J. Elser et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A molecular phylogenetic evaluation of the Spizellomycetales

(2010) William S. Wakefield et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Impacts of biodiversity on the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases

(2010) Felicia Keesing et al.   NATURE

Phylogenetic position of the genus Mesochytrium (Chytridiomycota) based on zoospore ultrastructure and sequences from the 18S and 28S rRNA gene

(2010) Sergey A. Karpov et al.   NOVA HEDWIGIA

Multiple reciprocal adaptations and rapid genetic change upon experimental coevolution of an animal host and its microbial parasite

(2010) R. D. Schulte et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Algal diseases: spotlight on a black box

(2010) Claire M.M. Gachon et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Innate Recognition of Fungal Cell Walls

(2010) Stuart M. Levitz   PLoS Pathogens

Quantifying Food Web Flows Using Linear Inverse Models

(2009) Dick van Oevelen et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

The host-range ofParaphysoderma sedebokerensis, a chytrid that infectsHaematococcus pluvialis

(2009) Jenia Gutman et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Climate-driven changes in the ecological stoichiometry of aquatic ecosystems

(2009) Dedmer B van de Waal et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Food web topology and parasites in the pelagic zone of a subarctic lake

(2009) Per-Arne Amundsen et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Environment can alter selection in host–parasite interactions

(2009) Justyna Wolinska et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Unexpected Importance of Potential Parasites in the Composition of the Freshwater Small-Eukaryote Community

(2008) C. Lepere et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Adaptation of the Fungal ParasiteZygorhizidium planktonicumDuring 200 Generations of Growth on Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Populations of Its Host, the DiatomAsterionella formosa

(2008) ARNOUT DE BRUIN et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

The "Cheshire Cat" escape strategy of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi in response to viral infection

(2008) M. Frada et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Parasite immune evasion: a momentous molecular war

(2008) P SCHMIDHEMPEL   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Ultrastructural and molecular analyses of Rhizophydiales (Chytridiomycota) isolates from North America and Argentina

(2008) Peter M. Letcher et al.  

The ecology of chytrids in aquatic ecosystems: roles in food web dynamics

(2008) Frank H. Gleason et al.   Fungal Biology Reviews