ASSOCIATIONS OF FUNGI AND NEMATODES IN THE BLACK SEA
Journal: Transactions of Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters RAS
Year: 2023

For the first time, associations of microscopic fungi and nematodes were found in bottom sediments, periphyton and on driftwood in the Black Sea. Antagonistic relationships between microscopic fungi and nematodes are considered: fungi and fungal-feeding nematodes; nematophagous fungi and nematodes. In laboratory conditions, fungal-feeding nematodes remain viable for 1.5 to 9 months in the presence of 22 species of micromycetes from 20 genera, 11 families, 8 orders, 5 classes, and the phylum Asco