Variation of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus content in fungi reflects their ecology and phylogeny

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Alternative codes found

RIV/67985831:_____/24:00586670 RIV/61389005:_____/24:00586647

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1379825/full" target="_blank" >https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1379825/full</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1379825" target="_blank" >10.3389/fmicb.2024.1379825</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Variation of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus content in fungi reflects their ecology and phylogeny

Original language description

Fungi are an integral part of the nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in trophic networks, as they participate in biomass decomposition and facilitate plant nutrition through root symbioses. Nutrient content varies considerably between the main fungal habitats, such as soil, plant litter or decomposing dead wood, but there are also large differences within habitats. While some soils are heavily loaded with N, others are limited by N or P. One way in which nutrient availability can be reflected in fungi is their content in biomass. In this study, we determined the C, N, and P content (in dry mass) of fruiting bodies of 214 fungal species to inspect how phylogeny and membership in ecological guilds (soil saprotrophs, wood saprotrophs, and ectomycorrhizal fungi) affect the nutrient content of fungal biomass. The C content of fruiting bodies (415 +/- 25 mg g-1) showed little variation (324-494 mg g-1), while the range of N (46 +/- 20 mg g-1) and P (5.5 +/- 3.0 mg g-1) contents was within one order of magnitude (8-103 mg g-1 and 1.0-18.9 mg g-1, respectively). Importantly, the N and P contents were significantly higher in the biomass of soil saprotrophic fungi compared to wood saprotrophic and ectomycorrhizal fungi. While the average C/N ratio in fungal biomass was 11.2, values exceeding 40 were recorded for some fungi living on dead wood, typically characterized by low N content. The N and P content of fungal mycelium also showed a significant phylogenetic signal, with differences in nutrient content being relatively low within species and genera of fungi. A strong correlation was found between N and P content in fungal biomass, while the correlation of N content and the N-containing fungal cell wall biopolymer-chitin showed only weak significance. The content of macronutrients in fungal biomass is influenced by the fungal life style and nutrient availability and is also limited by phylogeny.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10606 - Microbiology

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Frontiers in Microbiology

ISSN

1664-302X

e-ISSN

1664-302X

Volume of the periodical

15

Issue of the periodical within the volume

21 May

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

1379825

UT code for WoS article

001237533000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85195131997