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Zygomycetes from herbivore dung in the ecological reserve of Dois Irmãos, Northeast Brazil

2011; Springer Nature; Volume: 42; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s1517-83822011000100012

ISSN

1678-4405

Autores

André Luiz Cabral Monteiro de Azevedo Santiago, Sandra Farto Botelho Trufem, Elaine Malosso, Paulo Jorge Parreira dos Santos, María Auxiliadora de Queiroz Cavalcanti,

Tópico(s)

Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

Resumo

Thirty-eight taxa of Zygomycetes distributed in 15 genera were recorded from tapir (Tapirus terrestris), camel (Camelus bactrianus), horse (Equus caballus), deer (Cervus elaphus), agouti (Dasyprocta aguti), donkey (Equus asinus), llama (Llama glama) and waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) dung collected at the Reserva Ecológica de Dois Irmãos located in Recife, State of Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil. The samples were collected on a monthly basis from June 2005 to May 2006, taken to the laboratory and incubated in moist chambers. Higher number of taxa was observed in the excrements of tapir, followed by deer and donkey. The highest number of species was detected for Mucor, followed by Pilobolus. Statistical analyses showed significant differences in richness of Zygomycetes taxa between the herbivore dung types. Differences of species composition, however, were weak. Seasonality influenced the Zygomycetes species composition but not its richness. Variations in taxa composition between ruminants and non-ruminants dung were non significant.

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