Inhibitory effects of climate change on the growth and extracellular enzyme activities of a widespread Antarctic soil fungus

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dc.contributor.authorMisiak, Marta
dc.contributor.authorGoodall‐Copestake, William P.
dc.contributor.authorSparks, Tim H.
dc.contributor.authorWorland, M. Roger
dc.contributor.authorBoddy, Lynne
dc.contributor.authorMagan, Naresh
dc.contributor.authorConvey, Peter
dc.contributor.authorHopkins, David W.
dc.contributor.authorNewsham, Kevin K.
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-06T12:31:26Z
dc.date.available2021-01-06T12:31:26Z
dc.date.freetoread2021-01-06
dc.date.issued2020-12-18
dc.description.abstractTemperatures approaching or exceeding 20 °C have been measured during summer in polar regions at the surfaces of barren fellfield soils under cloudless skies around solar noon. However, despite the upper temperature limit for the growth of cold‐adapted microbes – which are abundant in polar soils and have pivotal roles in nutrient cycling – typically being close to this temperature, previous studies have not addressed the consequences of climate change for the metabolism of these organisms in the natural environment. Here, in a five‐year field experiment on Alexander Island in the southern maritime Antarctic, we show that the abundance of Pseudogymnoascus roseus, the most widespread decomposer fungus in maritime Antarctic fellfield soils, is reduced by 1–2 orders of magnitude when irrigated and nutrient‐amended soils are warmed to >20 °C during summer. Laboratory experiments under conditions mimicking those during midsummer in the natural environment indicated that the hyphal extension rates of P. roseus isolates and the activities of five extracellular enzymes are reduced by 54–96% at high water availability after exposure to temperatures cycling daily from 2–21 °C and 2–24 °C, relative to temperatures cycling from 2–18 °C. Given that the temperatures of surface soils at the study site already reach 19 °C during midsummer, the observations reported here suggest that, at predicted rates of warming arising from moderate greenhouse gas emissions, inhibitory effects of climate change on the metabolism of P. roseus could manifest themselves within the next few decades. Furthermore, with peak temperatures at the surfaces of fellfield soils at other maritime Antarctic locations and in High Arctic and alpine regions already exceeding 20 °C during summer, the observations suggest that climate warming has the potential to inhibit the growth of other cold‐adapted microbes, with negative effects on soils as the Earth’s climate continues to warmen_UK
dc.identifier.citationMisiak M, Goodall‐Copestake WP, Sparks TH, et al., (2020) Inhibitory effects of climate change on the growth and extracellular enzyme activities of a widespread Antarctic soil fungus. Global Change Biology, Available online 24 November 2020en_UK
dc.identifier.cris29446084
dc.identifier.issn1354-1013
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15456
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/16128
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherWileyen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectextracellular enzymesen_UK
dc.subjectAntarcticaen_UK
dc.subjectclimate warmingen_UK
dc.subjectcold adaptationen_UK
dc.subjectgrowth inhibitionen_UK
dc.subjectpsychrotrophyen_UK
dc.subjectsoil fungi wateren_UK
dc.titleInhibitory effects of climate change on the growth and extracellular enzyme activities of a widespread Antarctic soil fungusen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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