Interactions between hyphosphere-associated bacteria and the fungus Cladosporium herbarum on aquatic leaf litter.
We investigated microbial interactions of aquatic bacteria associated with hyphae (the hyphosphere) of freshwater fungi on leaf litter. Bacteria were isolated directly from the hyphae of fungi from sedimented leaves of a small stream in the National Park "Lower Oder," Germany. To investigate interactions, bacteria and fungi were pairwise co-cultivated on leaf-extract medium and in microcosms loaded with leaves. The performance of fungi and bacteria was monitored by measuring growth, enzyme production, and respiration of mono- and co-cultures. Growth inhibition of the fungus Cladosporium herbarum by Ralstonia pickettii was detected on leaf extract agar plates. In microcosms, the presence of Chryseobacterium sp. lowered the exocellulase, endocellulase, and cellobiase activity of the fungus. Additionally, the conversion of leaf material into microbial biomass was retarded in co-cultures. The respiration of the fungus was uninfluenced by the presence of the bacterium.
Baschien
Christiane
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Department of Environmental Microbiology, Technische Universität Berlin, Franklinstrasse 29, 10587 Berlin, Germany. christiane.baschien@tu-berlin.de
Rode
Georg
G
Böckelmann
Uta
U
Götz
Peter
P
Szewzyk
Ulrich
U
D000898:Antibiosis; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002244:Carbon / Q000032:analysis; D044602:Cellulases / Q000378:metabolism; D045247:Chryseobacterium / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D002963:Cladosporium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D025301:Hyphae; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000032:analysis; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000382:microbiology*; D049920:Ralstonia pickettii / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D045483:Rivers / Q000382:microbiology; D014871:Water Microbiology; D001617:beta-Glucosidase / Q000378:metabolism
D002244:Carbon; D044602:Cellulases; D001617:beta-Glucosidase; D009584:Nitrogen