Antimicrobial activity of microfungi from maritime Antarctic soil

• Main Authors: Abneuf, Mohammed A., Krishnan, Abiramy, Aravena, Marcelo Gonzalez, Pang, Ka-Lai, Convey, Peter, Mohamad-Fauzi, Nuradilla, Rizman-Idid, Mohammed, Alias, Siti Aisyah
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Masaryk Univerzity 2016
• Subjects: biodiversity; soil fungi; isolation; antibacterial; antifungal; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Greenwich; Deception Island; Graham Land; Yankee; Wilhelmina; Greenwich Island; Wilhelmina Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/12893

The search for cold-adapted and cold-active fungi in extreme environments provides the potential for discovering new species and novel bioactive compounds. In this study, soil samples were collected from Deception Island, Wilhelmina Bay (north-west Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Land) and Yankee Bay (G...