Fungi field collection

For fungi and some algae fresh field-collected specimens often are a source of insects and mites. Not only can these arthropods destroy specimens, but they can also destroy a culture collection by contamination as they move from one tightly sealed culture to the next. Mites also are suspected vectors in horizontal gene transfer between Drosophila spp.,25 and perhaps this form of contamination may be detected in fungi and algae one day. 

Kohzu, A., Yoshioka, T., Ando, T. et al. (1999). Natural and N abundance of field-collected fungi and their ecological implications. New Phytologist, 144, 323-30. 

Other yeast strains, bacteria or fungi can be useful for selective reductions. It is wise to attempt these experiments in cooperation with a microbiological laboratory or with those groups familiar with the specific problems in this field. A more detailed description of the special techniques which are required when working with whole cells can be found in Section D.4.8.3. and literature cited therein (e.g., Houben-Weyl Vol. 4/ld, pp 303-354). In addition, there is a list of culture collections that provide the strains described in this section. 

Cerebrosides are rarely studied in marine fungi, but three new cerebrosides were isolated from the halotolerant species Altemaria raphani collected in the Hongdao sea salt field, China. Altemarosides A-C contain unusual rmsaturated amino alcohols with 18 and 19 carbon atoms (Wang et al., 2009). 

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