Gypsum Cave Biofilm Communities are Strongly Influenced by Bat- And Arthropod-Related Fungi

Jurado, Valme; Martín-Pozas, Tamara; Fernández-Cortés, Ángel; Calaforra, José María; Sánchez-Moral, Sergio; Sáiz-Jiménez, Cesáreo; Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación; Agencia Estatal de Investigación; European Commission; Jurado, Valme [0000-0003-0972-9909]; Martín-Pozas, Tamara [0000-0001-7941-7949]; Fernández-Cortés, Ángel [0000-0002-8482-3308]; Calaforra, José María [0000-0001-7673-9950]; Sánchez Moral, Sergio [0000-0002-7382-3441]; Sáiz-Jiménez, Cesáreo [0000-0003-0036-670X]; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]

Gypsum Cave Biofilm Communities are Strongly Influenced by Bat- And Arthropod-Related Fungi

2024

13 páginas.- 7 figuras.- 77 referencias.- The online version contains supplementary material available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-024-02395-y

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The Gypsum Karst of Sorbas, Almeria, southeast Spain, includes a few caves whose entrances are open and allow the entry and roosting of numerous bats. Caves are characterized by their diversity of gypsum speleothems, such as stalactites, coralloids, gypsum crusts, etc. Colored biofilms can be observed on the walls of most caves, among which the Covadura and C3 caves were studied. The objective was to determine the influence that bat mycobiomes may have on the fungal communities of biofilms. The results indicate that the fungi retrieved from white and yellow biofilms in Covadura Cave (Ascomycota, Mortierellomycota, Basidiomycota) showed a wide diversity, depending on their location, and were highly influenced by the bat population, the guano and the arthropods that thrive in the guano, while C3 Cave was more strongly influenced by soil- and arthropod-related fungi (Ascomycota, Mortierellomycota), due to the absence of roosting bats.

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Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. This research was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through projects PID2019-110603RB-I00 and PID2020-114978GB-I00, MCIN/AEI/FEDER, UE/10.13039/501100011033.

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Peer reviewed

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