Isolation of Thermophilic Fungi from Alligator Nesting Material

Thermophilic fungi isolated from partially decomposed vegetation from the interior of a recently used alligator (Alligator mississipiensis) nest included Chaetomium thermophile var. coprophile Cooney & Emerson, C. thermophile var. dissitum Cooney & Emerson, Humicola lanuginosa (Griffon &...

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Published in:Mycologia 1973-05, Vol.65 (3), p.594-601
Main Author: Tansey, Michael R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alligators
Animal nesting
Animals
Ascomycota - isolation & purification
Aspergillus - isolation & purification
Aspergillus fumigatus - isolation & purification
Biological Evolution
Eggs
Florida
Fungi
Hot Temperature
Hyphae
Mitosporic Fungi - growth & development
Mitosporic Fungi - isolation & purification
Mycology
Plants
Reptiles
Streak plates
Thermophilic microorganisms
Wildlife habitats
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Summary:Thermophilic fungi isolated from partially decomposed vegetation from the interior of a recently used alligator (Alligator mississipiensis) nest included Chaetomium thermophile var. coprophile Cooney & Emerson, C. thermophile var. dissitum Cooney & Emerson, Humicola lanuginosa (Griffon & Maublanc) Bunce, Talaromyces thermophilus Stolk, and Thermoascus aurantiacus Miehe sensu Apinis. The thermotolerant fungi Aspergillus fumigatus Fresenius and Burgoa-Papulaspora sp. were also isolated. The ontogeny of bulbils of the latter isolate is described. Alligator nesting material provides a habitat suitable for the thermophilic fungi, where the heat required for growth of these fungi is not provided by the body heat of the nest builder. These data suggest that habitats suitable for the origin and evolutionary survival of obligately thermophilic fungi have existed for long periods of time.
ISSN:0027-5514
1557-2536
DOI:10.1080/00275514.1973.12019473