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Mercury affects the phylloplane fungal community of blueberry leaves to a lesser extent than plant age

Katalin Malcolma,b( ), John Dightona,b, Tamar Barkaya,c
Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Rutgers Pinelands Field Station, New Lisbon, NJ, USA
Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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Abstract

Mercury (Hg) is a toxic heavy metal pollutant that is globally distributed due to atmospheric deposition to non-point source locations. Leaf surfaces directly sequester atmospheric Hg. Little is known of how phylloplane (leaf surface) fungi are influenced by Hg pollution. Through culture-based methodology, this study analysed fungal phylloplane community identity following a single-dose response to HgCl2 concentrations between 0 and 20 times ambient levels for New Jersey. Time passed following the Hg addition had a strong influence on the fungal phylloplane community, associated with natural successional changes. Mercury, however, did not significantly affect the phylloplane community identity. Notably, the control group was not significantly different than any of the Hg treatments. How the phylloplane functional group responds to Hg pollution has not been previously investigated and more research is needed to fully understand how Hg influences fungal phylloplane ecology.

Keywords

communityheavy metalmercurypollutionPhylloplane fungi

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Mycology
Volume 9 Issue 1,
March 2018
Pages 49-58
DOI: 10.1080/21501203.2017.1397063
Cite this article:
Malcolm K, Dighton J, Barkay T. Mercury affects the phylloplane fungal community of blueberry leaves to a lesser extent than plant age. Mycology, 2018, 9(1): 49-58. https://doi.org/10.1080/21501203.2017.1397063

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Received: 05 April 2017
Accepted: 20 October 2017
Published: 06 November 2017
© 2017 The Author(s).

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