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AR Tic LE Are Alkalitolerant Fungi of the Emericellopsis Lineage IMA FUNGUS · VOLUME 4 · NO 2: 213–228 doi:10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.02.07 Are alkalitolerant fungi of the Emericellopsis lineage (Bionectriaceae) of ARTI marine origin? C Alexey A. Grum-Grzhimaylo1, Marina L. Georgieva2, Alfons J.M. Debets1, and Elena N. Bilanenko3 LE 1Laboratory of Genetics, Plant Sciences Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; corresponding author e-mail: [email protected] 2Gause Institute of New Antibiotics, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, 119021 Moscow, Russia 3Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1-12 Leninskie Gory, 119234 Moscow, Russia Abstract: Surveying the fungi of alkaline soils in Siberia, Trans-Baikal regions (Russia), the Aral lake (Kazakhstan), Key words: and Eastern Mongolia, we report an abundance of alkalitolerant species representing the Emericellopsis-clade Acremonium within the Acremonium cluster of fungi (order Hypocreales). On an alkaline medium (pH ca. 10), 34 acremonium-like Emericellopsis fungal strains were obtained. One of these was able to develop a sexual morph and was shown to be a new member alkaline soils of the genus Emericellopsis, described here as E. alkalina sp. nov. Previous studies showed two distinct ecological molecular phylogeny clades within Emericellopsis, one consisting of terrestrial isolates and one predominantly marine. Remarkably, all pH tolerance the isolates from our study sites show high phylogenetic similarity based on six loci (LSU and SSU rDNA, RPB2, soda soils TEF1-α, β-tub and ITS region), regardless of their provenance within a broad geographical distribution. They group within the known marine-origin species, a finding that provides a possible link to the evolution of the alkaliphilic trait in the Emericellopsis lineage. We tested the capacities of all newly isolated strains, and the few available reference ex-type cultures, to grow over wide pH ranges. The growth performance varied among the tested isolates, which showed differences in growth rate as well as in pH preference. Whereas every newly isolated strain from soda soils was extremely alkalitolerant and displayed the ability to grow over a wide range of ambient pH (range 4–11.2), reference marine-borne and terrestrial strains showed moderate and no alkalitolerance, respectively. The growth pattern of the alkalitolerant Emericellopsis isolates was unlike that of the recently described and taxonomically unrelated alkaliphilic Sodiomyces alkalinus, obtained from the same type of soils but which showed a narrower preference towards high pH. Article info: Submitted: 2 July 2013; Accepted: 23 October 2013; Published: 5 November 2013. INTRODUCTION such as high osmotic pressures, low water potentials, and, clearly, elevated ambient pHs (>9). The vast majority of Alkaline soils (or soda soils) and soda lakes represent a unique so-called alkaliphiles, with a growth optimum at pH above environmental niche. There are few studies available on the 9, include prokaryotes (Duckworth et al. 1996). However, fungal biodiversity therein. The eye-catching characteristic of some filamentous fungi have been shown to be able to grow these soils is a high pH maintained mainly by the buffering optimally at pH values exceeding 9 (Nagai et al. 1995, 1998, capacities of soluble carbonates present. Soda accumulation Grum-Grzhimaylo et al. 2013). Alkaliphily in filamentous fungi is thought to be a common process associated with savannas, is uncommon, while alkalitolerance, on the other hand, is far steppes and desert regions across the world (Jones et al. more widespread. Alkalitolerant fungi, i.e. fungi that can grow 1998). Some examples of such extreme occurrences include to some extent at an alkaline pH but with their optimum still the Magadi Lake in Kenya and the Natron Lake in Tanzania being at neutral pH values, are not only of basic scientific where the pH values of water are as high as 11–12. Seventy interest for the molecular mechanisms of adaptation, but fungi have been isolated from The Dead Sea in Israel, almost also in the search for potentially biotechnologically valuable half Eurotiales, where the salt levels are 340–350 g salt/L enzymes. It has become more obvious that alkalitolerant (Buchalo et al. 2009). In Russia, alkaline soils are mostly fungi may be encountered in many neutral soils (Kladwang restricted to areas adjacent to saline lake basins in south- et al. 2003, Elíades et al. 2006). The relative abundance western Siberia (Sorokin et al. 2008). of alkalitolerant fungi has facilitated studies on both their Naturally, high salts concentration and high environmental biodiversity and their enzymatic properties. And yet, truly pH impose a substantial amount of stress to any living alkaliphilic filamentous fungi have been isolated infrequently. organism. Some have adapted and therefore evolved The few existing descriptive studies on alkalitolerant and metabolic pathways in order to thrive in such harsh conditions, alkaliphilic fungi show a bias towards fungi with simple © 2013 International Mycological Association You are free to share - to copy, distribute and transmit the work, under the following conditions: Attribution: You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Non-commercial: You may not use this work for commercial purposes. No derivative works: You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work, which can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode. Any of the above conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder. Nothing in this license impairs or restricts the author’s moral rights. VOLUME 4 · NO. 2 213 Grum-Grzhimaylo et al. LE C ARTI Saltification type sulfate sulfate soda soda-sulfate sulfate-soda soda chloride-sulfate sulphate sulfate-soda chloride-sulfate chloride soda-chloride-sulfate soda soda chloride chloride-sulfate soda-chloride-sulfate chloride-sulfate soda-chloride chloride-sulfate soda soda chloride soda soda soda soda soda sulfate-soda soda soda soda-chloride sulfate-soda L. MB. Total salts (g/kg) Total - - 26 3.7 - - 139.4 - 47 100 33 57 187 225 100 53 137 38 310 73 65 60 7.1 1.9 1.9 139.4 73 310 137 139 Atriplex verrucifera Sueda salsa Salicornia europaea pH of the soil 8 8 taken from 7.8 8.5 9.1 taken from 9 10.3 8 9.1 9.6 10.1 11 10 9.6 9.6 9.9 9.6 10.1 9.9 10.2 9.5 taken from 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.3 10.1 9.9 9.6 10.3 Isolation place near Alla River near Alla River - Orongoyskoe Lake Sulfatnoe Lake Chedder Lake Cape Aktumsyk Kuchiger area Sulfatnoe Lake Cape Aktumsyk Bezimyannoe Lake Mirabilit Lake Burd Lake - Solyonoe Lake - Mirabilit Lake Shukurtuz Lake Zheltir’ Lake Bezimyannoe Lake Bezimyannoe Lake Tanatar Lake Tanatar - - south, Berdabay Nuhe-Nur Lake Nuhe-Nur Lake Nuhe-Nur Lake Sulfatnoe Lake Tanatar Lake Tanatar Bezimyannoe Lake Zheltir’ Lake Sulfatnoe Lake Isolation area Trans-Baikal, Russia Trans-Baikal, Trans-Baikal, Russia Trans-Baikal, Kulunda steppe, Altai, Russia Kulunda steppe, Trans-Baikal, Russia Trans-Baikal, Trans-Baikal, Russia Trans-Baikal, Trans-Baikal, Russia Trans-Baikal, Aral lake, Kazakhstan Trans-Baikal, Russia Trans-Baikal, Trans-Baikal, Russia Trans-Baikal, Aral lake, Kazakhstan Kulunda steppe, Altai, Russia Kulunda steppe, Kulunda steppe, Altai, Russia Kulunda steppe, North-East Mongolia Choibalsan area, North-East Mongolia Kulunda steppe, Altai, Russia Kulunda steppe, Kulunda steppe, Altai, Russia Kulunda steppe, Kulunda steppe, Altai, Russia Kulunda steppe, Kulunda steppe, Altai, Russia Kulunda steppe, Kulunda steppe, Altai, Russia Kulunda steppe, Kulunda steppe, Altai, Russia Kulunda steppe, Kulunda steppe, Altai, Russia Kulunda steppe, Kulunda steppe, Altai, Russia Kulunda steppe, Kulunda steppe, Altai, Russia Kulunda steppe, Kulunda steppe, Altai, Russia Kulunda steppe, Kulunda steppe, Altai, Russia Kulunda steppe, Trans-Baikal, Russia Trans-Baikal, Trans-Baikal, Russia Trans-Baikal, Trans-Baikal, Russia Trans-Baikal, Trans-Baikal, Russia Trans-Baikal, Kulunda steppe, Altai, Russia Kulunda steppe, Kulunda steppe, Altai, Russia Kulunda steppe, Kulunda steppe, Altai, Russia Kulunda steppe, Trans-Baikal, Russia Trans-Baikal, no. S CB - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CBS 127350 CBS 120043 CBS 120044 CBS 120049 KM number V - - - - - - - - - - - - - FW-1476 FW-1473 FW-1474 - FW-1471 - - - - - - - - - - - F-4108 F-3905 FW-3040 F-3907 A101 A130 101 T E A103 A112 A113 A114 A115 A116 A117 A118 A119 A120 A121 A122 A123 A124 A125 A126 A127 A128 M14 M20 M71 102 E sp. A104 sp. A105 sp. A106 sp. A107 sp. A108 sp. A109 sp. A110 sp. A111 sp. Strains used in the current study and characteristics of sites isolation. Newly isolated strains are given bold. train Table 1. Table S Acremonium sclerotigenum Acremonium sclerotigenum Acremonium Acremonium Acremonium Acremonium Acremonium Acremonium Acremonium Acremonium Acremonium Emericellopsis alkalina Emericellopsis alkalina Emericellopsis alkalina Emericellopsis alkalina Emericellopsis alkalina Emericellopsis alkalina Emericellopsis alkalina Emericellopsis alkalina Emericellopsis alkalina Emericellopsis alkalina Emericellopsis alkalina Emericellopsis alkalina Emericellopsis alkalina Emericellopsis alkalina Emericellopsis alkalina Emericellopsis alkalina Emericellopsis alkalina Emericellopsis alkalina Emericellopsis alkalina Emericellopsis
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