Keywords :
Vertical Structure,
Phyllosphere Fungal,
Tropical Forest,
High-Throughput Sequencing
บทคัดย่อ :
obtained from the 144 leaf samples. Taxonomically diverse fungi belonging to as many as
24 orders of Ascomycota and 21 orders of Basidiomycota were detected, most of which
inhabited limited parts of the lowest layers closest to the forest floor. Species diversity of
phyllosphere fungi was the highest in the lowest layers closest to the forest floor, decreased
with increasing height, and lowest in the canopy; 742 and 55 fungal OTUs were detected at
the lowest and highest layer, respectively. On the layers close to the forest floor, phyllosphere
fungal communities were mainly composed of low frequency OTUs and largely differentiated
among plant individuals. Conversely, in the canopy, fungal communities
consisted of similar OTUs across plant individuals, and as many as 86.1%+92.7% of the
OTUs found in the canopy (22 m above ground) were also distributed in the lower layers.
Overall, our study showed the variability of phyllosphere fungal communities along the vertical
gradient of plant vegetation and environmental conditions, suggesting the significance of
biotic and abiotic variation for the species diversity of phyllosphere fungi.
เอกสารอ้างอิง :
Izuno, A., Kanzaki, M., Artchawakom, T., Wachrinrat, C., & Isagi, Y. (2016). Vertical structure of phyllosphere fungal communities in a tropical forest in Thailand uncovered by high-throughput sequencing. Plos One, 11(11), e0166669.
