Protozoos asociados a tillandsia turneri baker, 1888 (Bromeliaceae) en la reserva el delirio, Bogotá, Colombia

Abstract

The Delirio reserve, located on the outskirts of the city of Bogotá, is characterized by its fog and paramo forest ecosystems, which makes it a favorable habitat for different species of fauna and flora, making it a strategic ecosystem for broadening knowledge in different taxonomic groups; These include protozoa, which are organisms belonging to complex food webs in ecosystems; phyto-telmata plants such as tank bromeliads are characterized as water reservoirs that give rise to microhabitats and contain a large diversity of organisms in a confined spof their morphological anomalies. The plant with the greatest richness was number seven with 33 species. With the Consistency Index, it was determined that 70% of the species found for ciliate, rhizopod and flagellate were rare species. With the canonical correspondence analysis it was found that the protozoa are not related to high temperatures, while the higher values for pH, favor cilates and flagellates. This work contributes to the expansion of the study of protozoa in phyto-telmata in the neotropics and is presented as innovative for the country.ace. In the present work, a study was carried out to recognize the different protozoan organisms associated with bromeliads of the species Tillandsia turneri. Fifteen plants were sampled during the month of March 2017, samples were analyzed in the laboratories of the Universidad Distrital FJC and the corresponding determinations were made by means of taxonomic keys. There were 105 species grouped in 46 families and 62 genera. Some organisms that were not taxonomically determined were named as morpho-species, with a total of 5 individuals and others were considered teratologies because of their morphological anomalies. The plant with the greatest richness was number seven with 33 species. With the Consistency Index, it was determined that 70% of the species found for ciliate, rhizopod and flagellate were rare species. With the canonical correspondence analysis it was found that the protozoa are not related to high temperatures, while the higher values for pH, favor cilates and flagellates. This work contributes to the expansion of the study of protozoa in phyto-telmata in the neotropics and is presented as innovative for the country.