A parasite's paradise: Biotrophic species prevail oomycete community composition in tree canopies
R.-T. Jauss, S. Walden, A. M. Fiore-Donno, S. Schaffer, R. Wolf, K. Feng, M. Bonkowski, M. Schlegel
This study shows that obligate biotrophic oomycetes dominate tree canopies, indicating canopies as a reservoir for parasitic protists and challenging previous assumptions about host dependencies.
bioRxiv · Feb 17, 2021Microbiology