Mycophagous soil bacteria are able to obtain nutrients from living fungal hyphae.
Max-Bernhard eBallhausen, Max-Bernhard eBallhausen, Johannes A van Veen, JohannesA van Veen, Maria eHundscheid, Wietse ede Boer, Wietse ede Boer 2015, 'Methods for baiting and enriching fungus-feeding (mycophagous) rhizosphere bacteria',Frontiers in Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01416/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Both methods yielded a range of mycophagous bacterial isolates with little overlap between the methods.
Max-Bernhard eBallhausen, Max-Bernhard eBallhausen, Johannes A van Veen, JohannesA van Veen, Maria eHundscheid, Wietse ede Boer, Wietse ede Boer 2015, 'Methods for baiting and enriching fungus-feeding (mycophagous) rhizosphere bacteria',Frontiers in Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01416/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We also found indications for feeding preferences among mycophagous bacteria.
Max-Bernhard eBallhausen, Max-Bernhard eBallhausen, Johannes A van Veen, JohannesA van Veen, Maria eHundscheid, Wietse ede Boer, Wietse ede Boer 2015, 'Methods for baiting and enriching fungus-feeding (mycophagous) rhizosphere bacteria',Frontiers in Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01416/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
So far, the real distribution of this mycophagous species and its host range are waiting for more investigations.
Abdalla Abdelrahim Satti 2015, 'First record and bionomics of the mycophagous ladybird Psyllobora bisoctonotata (Mulsant)(Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Sudan', Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Scienceshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1658077X13000313. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)