Resistance of an Antarctic cryptoendolithic black fungus to radiation gives new insights of astrobiological relevance

• Published in: Fungal Biology
• Main Authors: Selbmann, Laura, Pacelli, Claudia, Zucconi, Laura, Dadachova, Ekaterina, Moeller, Ralf, de Vera, Jean-Pierre, Onofri, Silvano
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Leitungsbereich PF; Strahlenbiologie; Antarctic; The Antarctic; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Traveller; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus
• Online Access: https://elib.dlr.de/115914/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2017.10.012

The Antarctic black meristematic fungus Cryomyces antarcticus CCFEE 515 occurs endolithically in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, one of the best analogue for Mars environment on Earth. To date, this fungus is considered one of the best eukaryotic models for astrobiological studies and has bee...