Document of bibliographic reference 348221

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Bibliographic resource

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Journal article

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AS

Title

Pathogenic fungi of marine animals: a taxonomic perspective

Abstract

Fungi cause diseases in a variety of marine animal hosts. After a thorough review of published literature, we identified 225 fungal species causing infections of 193 animal species, for a total of 357 combinations of pathogenic fungi and marine animal hosts. Among the 193 animal host species, Chordata (100 species, 51.8 %) and Arthropoda (68 species, 35.2 %) were discovered to be the most frequently reported hosts of fungal pathogens. Microsporidia (111 species, 49.3 %) constitutes over half of the described pathogenic fungal species of marine animals, followed by Ascomycota (85 species, 37.8 %), Mucoromycota (22 species, 9.8 %), Basidiomycota (6 species, 2.7 %) and Chytridiomycota (1 species, 0.4 %). Microsporidia primarily parasitize marine arthropods and Teleostei fish, while Basidiomycota are primarily known to cause respiratory diseases of marine mammals. Ascomycota has a diverse host range, from mammals, fish, crustaceans, soft corals and sea turtle. Few Mucoromycota and Chytridiomycota were reported to infect marine animals. Fungal diseases documented in this review likely represent a fraction of fungal diseases in the ocean, where it was estimated to be inhabited by 2.15 million animal species. Intensification of aquaculture practices, global warming and marine pollution may increase fungal disease outbreak of marine animals. All the topics mentioned above will be discussed in greater details in this review.

WebOfScience code

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000720792600001

Bibliographic citation

Pang, K.-L.; Hassett, B.T.; Shaumi, A.; Guo, S.-Y.; Sakayaroj, J.; Chiang, M.W.-L.; Yang, C.-H.; Jones, E.B.G. (2021). Pathogenic fungi of marine animals: a taxonomic perspective. Fungal Biology Reviews 38: 92-106. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fbr.2021.03.008

Topic

Marine

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true