Preliminary Study of Cave Sample Storage Conditions on Fungal Community Diversity

• Published in: Diversity (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 5; p. 188
• Main Authors: Raudabaugh, Daniel B., Rivera, Nelda A., Anchor, Gretchen C., Bach, Elizabeth, Miller, Andrew N., Mateus-Pinilla, Nohra E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.05.2021
• Subjects: Caves; Colonies; Comparative studies; culture-dependent method; Distilled water; diversity; ecology; Endangered & extinct species; Epidemiology; Fungi; Genetic markers; Mortality; mycology; Physiology; Sediment samplers; Sediments; Storage conditions; Storage temperature; Taxa; United States > US; Illinois

We investigated the effect of varying storage time and storage temperature on fungal species’ isolation as part of a case study of Illinois cave sediment samples. A deeper understanding of cave fungal communities may influence eco-epidemiology studies of emerging or re-emerging cave fungal pathogens...