Lucini, F.; de Andrade, G.A.K.; Victoria, F.C.; de Albuquerque, M.P. Impact of the Temperature in Endophytic Ascomycota Isolated from Antarctic Hair-Grass. Life2022, 12, 1501.
Lucini, F.; de Andrade, G.A.K.; Victoria, F.C.; de Albuquerque, M.P. Impact of the Temperature in Endophytic Ascomycota Isolated from Antarctic Hair-Grass. Life 2022, 12, 1501.
Lucini, F.; de Andrade, G.A.K.; Victoria, F.C.; de Albuquerque, M.P. Impact of the Temperature in Endophytic Ascomycota Isolated from Antarctic Hair-Grass. Life2022, 12, 1501.
Lucini, F.; de Andrade, G.A.K.; Victoria, F.C.; de Albuquerque, M.P. Impact of the Temperature in Endophytic Ascomycota Isolated from Antarctic Hair-Grass. Life 2022, 12, 1501.
Abstract
Antarctica is one of the most inhospitable continents on the planet, with lichens and mosses being the most common terrestrial organisms in ice-free areas. Antarctica is represented by only two species of Angiosperms, Deschampsia antarctica Desv. (Poaceae) and Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl. (Caryophyllaceae). In this study, we characterized fungi isolated from the leaves of this grass species. The fungi were isolated from 4 individual plants from Half Moon Island (246 leave fragments investigated), and 7 from King George Island - Keller Peninsula (with 111 leave fragments investigated) Antarctica. Neoascochyta paspali, Phaeosphaeria elongata, Pyrenophora cf. chaetomioides and Alternaria sp. were associated with the plant and identified through analysis of the sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) of the rDNA and nuclear ribosomal large subunit rRNA gene (LSU) as well as macro and micro-morphological characteristics. The isolates showed a better growth rate ranging from 10–20°C. An interesting result was that the fungi are already recognize as both plant pathogens and endophytic fungi. The results demonstrate that D. antarctica is an interesting fungal source. Those species might provide important information about the relationship on the endemic Antarctic biota.
Biology and Life Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology
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