Fungal community ecology using MALDI-TOF MS demands curated mass spectral databases

• Published in: Frontiers in microbiology Vol. 10; no. FEB; p. 315
• Main Authors: Sanitá-Lima, Matheus, Lucas, Rosymar Coutinho de, Lima, Nelson, Polizeli, Maria de Lourdes T., Santos, Cledir
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media 27-02-2019; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: culturomics; Eukaryotic microbial communities; Fungal biodiversity; Fungal community ecology; MALDI-TOF MS; Mass spectral databases; Microbial Biological Resource Centers; Microbiology; Science & Technology; high-throughput species identification; MALDI-TOF MS; fungal community ecology; mass spectral databases; microbial Biological Resource Centers; eukaryotic microbial communities; fungal biodiversity; culturomics
• ISSN: 1664-302X; 1664-302X
• DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00315

Authors thank professors Marc-André Lachance and GregThorn for critical reading on initial drafts of this piece. Mariana Cereia, English teacher, kindly proofread the final version. Authors also thank Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), Conselho de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) and National System for Research on Biodiversity (Sisbiota-Brazil, CNPq 563260/2010-6/FAPESP n◦ 2010/52322-3) for supporting previous work that led to this opinion piece. CS thanks the Universidad de La Frontera (Temuco, Chile) for the partial funding from Project DIUFRO DI18-0121. NL thanks the partial support by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), the strategic funding of the UID/BIO/04469/2019 unit, COMPETE 2020 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006684) and the BioTecNorte operation (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000004), funded by the European Regional Development Fund through Norte2020—Programa Operacional Regional do Norte.
Authors thank professors Marc-Andre Lachance and Greg Thorn for critical reading on initial drafts of this piece. Mariana Cereia, English teacher, kindly proofread the final version. Authors also thank Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP), Conselho de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) and National System for Research on Biodiversity (Sisbiota-Brazil, CNPq 563260/2010-6/FAPESP no 2010/52322-3) for supporting previous work that led to this opinion piece. CS thanks the Universidad de La Frontera (Temuco, Chile) for the partial funding from Project DIUFRO DI18-0121. NL thanks the partial support by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), the strategic funding of the UID/BIO/04469/2019 unit, COMPETE 2020 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006684) and the BioTecNorte operation (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000004), funded by the European Regional Development Fund through Norte2020-Programa Operacional Regional do Norte.