Cryptococcus species (Tremellales) from glacial biomes in the southern (Patagonia) and northern (Svalbard) hemispheres

• Published in: FEMS Microbiology Ecology
• Main Authors: de Garcia, Virginia, Zalar, Polona, Brizzio, Silvia Beatriz, Gunde Cimerman, Nina, Giraudo, Maria Rosa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: COLD ENVIRONMENTS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; YEASTS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Svalbard; Patagonia; Svalbard Archipelago; Norway; Argentina; Silvia; Antarc*; Antarctica; Cryptococcus victoriae
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/70745

Cryptococcus species (Basidiomycota) were isolated as the predominant yeast from glacial biomes of both Patagonia (Argentina) and the Svalbard archipelago (Norway). For a selected group of Cryptococcus belonging to Tremellales, assimilative profile, production of extracellular hydrolytic enzymes and...