Diversity and Keratin Degrading Ability of Fungi Isolated from Canadian Arctic Marine Bird Feathers

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Robicheau, Brent M., Adams, Sarah J., Provencher, Jennifer F., Robertson, Gregory J., Mallory, Mark L., Walker, Allison K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Fulmar; Nunavut; Arctic birds; Black guillemot; Black-legged Kittiwake; Cepphus grylle; Common Eider; Fulmarus glacialis; Glaucous Gull; King Eider; Larus hyperboreus; Newfoundland; Northern Fulmar; rissa tridactyla; Somateria mollissima; thick-billed murre; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic69301; https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/download/69301/53740

We present the first records of fungi associated with feathers from seabirds and sea ducks in the Canadian Arctic and sub-Arctic. Birds sampled in Nunavut and Newfoundland (Canada) included the Common Eider (Somateria mollissima), King Eider (S. spectabilis), Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla...