Spider webs as reservoirs of culturable fungal diversity: evidence from orb-weaving Cyclosa mulmeinensis spider in Thai rice agroecosystems
Spider webs as reservoirs of culturable fungal diversity: evidence from orb-weaving Cyclosa mulmeinensis spider in Thai rice agroecosystems
Spider webs as reservoirs of culturable fungal diversity: evidence from orb-weaving Cyclosa mulmeinensis spider in Thai rice agroecosystems Abstract Spider webs are increasingly recognised as passive environmental collectors; however, fungi remain amongst the least explored biological components associated with spider silk, particularly when examined using culture-based and taxonomically resolved approaches. In this study, we present a proof-of-concept investigation of culturable fungal diversity associated with two-dimensional, debris-decorated orb webs, constructed by the orb-weaving spider Cyclosa mulmeinensis in rice agroecosystems in Thailand. Using a standardised field-to-laboratory isolation workflow combined with genus-appropriate multilocus phylogenetic analyses, decorated orb webs were sampled as individual units from rice agroecosystems in Thailand and fungi were isolated via dilution plating on potato dextrose agar supplemented with chloramphenicol....
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