Phenotype MicroArray™ system in the study of fungal functional diversity and catabolic versatility

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• 作者：Flavia Pinzari^a ; ^c ; ^{flavia.pinzari@crea.gov.it} ; Andrea Ceci^b ; ^{andrea.ceci@uniroma1.it} ; Nadir Abu-Samra^a ; ^{n.f.abusamra@gmail.com} ; Loredana Canfora^a ; ^{loredana.canfora@crea.gov.it} ; Oriana Maggi^b ; ^{oriana.maggi@uniroma1.it} ; Annamaria Persiani^b ; ^{annamaria.persiani@uniroma1.it}
• 关键词：Phenotype MicroArray&trade ; Fungi ; Functional diversity ; Substrate utilisation ; Fungal ecology
• 刊名：Research in Microbiology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：November-December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：167
• 期：9-10
• 页码：710-722
• 全文大小：1639 K
• 卷排序：167

文摘

Fungi cover a range of important ecological functions associated with nutrient and carbon cycling in leaf litter and soil. As a result, research on existing relationships between fungal functional diversity, decomposition rates and competition is of key interest. Indeed, availability of nutrients in soil is largely the consequence of organic matter degradation dynamics. The Biolog® Phenotype MicroArrays™ (PM) system allows for the testing of fungi against many different carbon sources at any one time. The use and potential of the PM system as a tool for studying niche overlap and catabolic versatility of saprotrophic fungi is discussed here, and examples of its application are provided.