| Title | Association of the coprophilous fungus Pirella circinans with an indigenous beetle on the sub-antarctic Bird Island |
| Author | Bridge, P.D.; Hughes, K.A.; Denton, J.O. |
| Author Affil | Bridge, P.D., British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Other: RHS Garden, United Kingdom |
| Source | Polar Biology, 31(6), p.657-661, . Publisher: Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany. ISSN: 0722- 4060 |
| Publication Date | May 2008 |
| Notes | In English. 24 refs. GeoRef Acc. No: 284716 |
| Index Terms | Atlantic Ocean Islands--South Georgia; Arthropoda; Atlantic Ocean Islands; biodiversity; Bird Island; DNA; ecology; fungi; Insecta; Invertebrata; Mandibulata; phylogeny; Scotia Sea Islands; South Georgia; subantarctic regions |
| Abstract | The zygomycete fungus Pirella circinans was isolated from cadavers of the beetle Hydromedion sparsutum from diverse sites on the sub-Antarctic Bird Island and was found to be the dominant or sole fungal coloniser during the primary degradation of cadavers. The fungus was observed to grow and colonise cadavers from discrete areas of the beetle carapace, some of which were not affected by alcohol surface sterilisation. The fungus is commonly reported from the dung of rodents and other small mammals. (mod. journ. abst.) |
| URL | http://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s00300-007-0403-y |
| Publication Type | journal article |
| Record ID | 84169 |