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Loeffelholz J, Stahl L, Momeni S, et al. Trichoderma infection of limno-terrestrial tardigrades. J Invertebr Pathol. 2021;186:107677doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2021.107677.
Loeffelholz, J., Stahl, L., Momeni, S., Turberville, C., & Pienaar, J. (2021). Trichoderma infection of limno-terrestrial tardigrades. Journal of invertebrate pathology, 186107677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2021.107677
Loeffelholz, Jacob, et al. "Trichoderma infection of limno-terrestrial tardigrades." Journal of invertebrate pathology vol. 186 (2021): 107677. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2021.107677
Loeffelholz J, Stahl L, Momeni S, Turberville C, Pienaar J. Trichoderma infection of limno-terrestrial tardigrades. J Invertebr Pathol. 2021 Nov;186:107677. doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2021.107677. Epub 2021 Oct 07. PMID: 34627793.
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J Invertebr Pathol. 2021 Nov;186:107677. doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2021.107677. Epub 2021 Oct 07.

Trichoderma infection of limno-terrestrial tardigrades.

Journal of invertebrate pathology

Jacob Loeffelholz, Leigha Stahl, Sogol Momeni, Caleb Turberville, Jason Pienaar

Affiliations

  1. Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35475, United States.
  2. Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35475, United States. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 34627793 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2021.107677

Abstract

Interactions between fungi and tardigrades have scarcely been described. The few studies that address such relationships suggest a primarily parasitic nature for various fungal taxa, including the infectious chytridiomycetes. The aim of this study was to determine the identity of a fungus growing on a tardigrade of the genus Diaforobiotus and if it could infect other tardigrade genera. Using morphological analysis and ITS barcoding, we identified a mold isolate belonging to the Trichoderma harzianum species complex and found that it infected Diaforobiotus tardigrades, as well as animals in the eutardigrade genus Milnesium, and heterotardigrade genus Viridiscus.

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Keywords: Diaforobiotus; Infection; Milnesium; Tardigrades; Trichoderma; Viridiscus

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