Phenotypic and genotypic diversity of airborne fungal spores in Demänovská Ice Cave (Low Tatras, Slovakia)

Aerobiologia
Rafał OgórekDana Tančinová

Abstract

This paper is the first aero-mycological report from Demänovská Ice Cave. Fungal spores were sampled from the internal and external air of the cave in June, 2014, using the impact method with a microbiological air sampler. Airborne fungi cultured on PDA medium were identified using a combination of classical phenotypic and molecular methods. Altogether, the presence of 18 different fungal spores, belonging to 3 phyla, 9 orders and 14 genera, was detected in the air of the cave. All of them were isolated from the indoor samples, and only 9 were obtained from the outdoor samples. Overall, airborne fungal spores belonging to the genusCladosporiumdominated in this study. However, the spores ofTrametes hirsutawere most commonly found in the indoor air samples of the cave and the spores ofC. herbarumin the outdoor air samples. On the other hand, the spores ofAlternaria abundans,Arthrinium kogelbergense,Cryptococcus curvatus,Discosiasp.,Fomes fomentarius,Microdochium seminicolaandT. hirsutawere discovered for the first time in the air of natural and artificial underground sites. The external air of the cave contains more culturable airborne fungal spores (755 colony-forming units (CFU) per 1 m3of air) than the internal air (from 47 to...Continue Reading

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