PARASITIC FUNGI ACT ON DIATOMS’ POPULATION GROWTH AND AGGREGATE FORMATION

Isabell Klawonn1, Silke Van den Wyngaert2, Carolina Cisternas-Novoa3, Tim Walles4, Clara Maria Flintrop5, Jens Christian Nejstgaard2, Morten Iversen6,7, Maiko Kagami8 and Hans-Peter Grossart2, (1)IGB Berlin, Berlin, Germany, (2)Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Dep. 3, Experimental Limnology, Stechlin/OT Neuglobsow, Germany, (3)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, (4)IGB-Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany, (5)Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, SeaPump, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany, (6)MARUM - University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, (7)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany, (8)Faculty of Science, Toho University, Japan