Diversity of micro‐fungi in an Antarctic dry valley

• Published in: Journal of Basic Microbiology
• Main Authors: Baublis, Joseph A., Wharton, Robert A., Volz, Paul A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1991
• Subjects: Antarctic; McMurdo Sound; Taylor Valley; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jobm.3620310102; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjobm.3620310102; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jobm.3620310102

Abstract The fungal microflora of a dry valley in southern Victoria Land near McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, was investigated. Samples were collected from introduced objects such as a mummified penguin and spent chewing tobacco in addition to the sparse soil found in rock fissures, isolated moss colonies, shoreline deposit materials, CaCO 3 precipitates, and microbial mat debris obtained from the frozen surface of the lake in the basin of Taylor Valley. Using conventional media and techniques, all collection sites yielded populations of yeasts and filamentous fungi. Water samples and live microbial mats from beneath the lake ice yielded species of fungi along with an abundance of bacteria.