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Marine Fungal Resources and Ecology
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Marine Fungal Resources and Ecology

A special issue of Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X). This special issue belongs to the section "Fungal Evolution, Biodiversity and Systematics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 1443

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Mingfeng Cao

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Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Interests: synthetic biology; metabolic engineering; genome editing; microbial biotechnology
Prof. Dr. Lan Liu

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School of Marine Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
Interests: natural product chemistry; analytical chemistry; aquatic ecosystems
Prof. Dr. Zhuhua Luo

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Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen, China
Interests: marine microbiology; environmental microbiology
Dr. Wenbin Guo

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Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen, China
Interests: marine microbiology resources; microbial degradation

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The marine environment covers more than 70% of the Earth’s surface and harbors a wide variety of fungi. Marine fungi are an ecological rather than taxonomic group. In recent years, marine fungi, including filamentous fungi and yeast, have attracted increasing attention due to their diverse ecological roles in marine ecosystems as well as their great potential in different fields, such as synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, pollution control, and bioenergy conversion.

Marine fungi appear to be a rich source of natural products and enzymes. Many marine-fungi-derived natural products are considered key structures for pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and other life science applications, while the enzymes secreted by marine fungi are indicated to have potential for use in environmental pollution control and bioenergy conversion.

We invite submissions of manuscripts exploring the structures, activities, and biosynthesis of marine fungal natural products and their native and engineered fungi hosts. This Special Issue will cover (but not exclusively) the following topics:

  • Diversity and ecology of marine fungi;
  • Synthetic biology of marine fungi;
  • Metabolic engineering/modification in marine fungi;
  • Bioactive compounds/natural products of marine fungi;
  • Bioconversion of refractory organic matter by marine fungi.

Prof. Dr. Mingfeng Cao
Prof. Dr. Lan Liu
Prof. Dr. Zhuhua Luo
Dr. Wenbin Guo
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Fungi is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

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Spatial Patterns of Planktonic Fungi Indicate Their Potential Contributions to Biological Carbon Pump and Organic Matter Remineralization in the Water Column of South China Sea
by Kalyani Sen, Mohan Bai, Jiaqian Li, Xueyan Ding, Biswarup Sen and Guangyi Wang
J. Fungi 2023, 9(6), 640; https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9060640 - 1 Jun 2023
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Fungi have long been known to be dynamic in coastal water columns with multiple trophic modes. However, little is known about their interactions with abiotic and biotic components, contribution to the biological carbon pump (BCP), and organic matter remineralization in the oceanic water [...] Read more.
Fungi have long been known to be dynamic in coastal water columns with multiple trophic modes. However, little is known about their interactions with abiotic and biotic components, contribution to the biological carbon pump (BCP), and organic matter remineralization in the oceanic water column. In this study, we investigated how fungi vary spatially and how their variations relate to that of bacteria in the water column of the South China Sea (SCS). Fungi were about three orders less prevalent than bacteria, and the main factors influencing their distribution were depth, temperature, and distance from the sites of riverine inputs. The decline in the abundance of fungi with depth was less steep than that of bacteria. Correlation tests revealed a strong positive association between the abundance of fungi and bacteria, especially in the twilight (r = 0.62) and aphotic (r = 0.70) zones. However, the co-occurrence network revealed mutual exclusion between certain members of fungi and bacteria. The majority of fungi in the water column were saprotrophs, which indicated that they were generally involved in the degradation of organic matter, particularly in twilight and aphotic zones. Similar to bacteria, the involvement of fungi in the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids was predicted, pointing to their participation in the turnover of organic carbon and the biogeochemical cycling of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur. These findings suggest that fungi play a role in BCP and support their inclusion in marine microbial ecosystem models. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Marine Fungal Resources and Ecology)
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