Journal article
Searching for eukaryotic life preserved in Antarctic permafrost
Fungi and yeasts isolated in pure culture from Antarctic permafrost collected at different depths in the McMurdo Dry Valleys were identified with cultural, physiological and molecular methods. Fungi belonged to the genera Penicillium, Eurotium, Cladosporium, Alternaria, Engyodonthium, Aureobasidium, Cordyceps, Rhizopus and yeasts to the genera Cryptococcus and Sporidiobolus.
All the strains can be defined as mesophilic psychrotolerant. The molecular analyses revealed that these fungal genotypes do not deviate from the global gene pool of fungi commonly spreading worldwide at present, but possible ancestral strains have been found on the base of metabolic profiles.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | Springer-Verlag |
Year: | 2012 |
Pages: | 749-757 |
ISSN: | 14322056 and 07224060 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00300-011-1119-6 |
ORCIDs: | Frisvad, J. C. |
07502, Ecology: environmental biology - General and methods 07506, Ecology: environmental biology - Plant 07512, Ecology: environmental biology - Oceanography 40000, Soil microbiology 52801, Soil science - General and methods Antarctic permafrost Biodiversity Ecology, Environmental Sciences Fungi Plantae (Fungi, Microorganisms, Nonvascular Plants, Plants) - Ascomycetes [15100] Eurotium genus Cordyceps genus Fungi Plantae (Fungi, Microorganisms, Nonvascular Plants, Plants) - Fungi Imperfecti or Deuteromycetes [15500] Penicillium genus Cladosporium genus Alternaria genus Aureobasidium genus Sporidiobolus genus Cryptococcus genus Fungi Plantae (Fungi, Microorganisms, Nonvascular Plants, Plants) - Phycomycetes [15900] Rhizopus genus GenBank sequence data Marine Ecology McMurdo Dry Valley Antarctica Antarctic region Plantae (Fungi, Microorganisms, Nonvascular Plants, Plants) - Fungi [15000] Engyodonthium genus SDG 14 - Life Below Water Soil Science Upper Victoria Lake Antarctica Antarctic region cultural method laboratory techniques gene pool molecular method laboratory techniques physiological method laboratory techniques psychrotolerance species diversity