Soil Yeasts in the Vicinity of Syowa Station, East Antarctica: Their Diversity and Extracellular Enzymes, Cold Adaptation Strategies, and Secondary Metabolites

• Published in: Sustainability
• Main Authors: Masaharu Tsuji, Sakae Kudoh
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Antarctica; cold adaptation; extracellular enzymes; soil yeast diversity; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Ongul; Ongul Island; Syowa Station; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12114518

Antarctica is known as one of the harshest environments on Earth, with a frigid and dry climate. Soil yeasts living in such extreme environments can grow by decomposing organic compounds at sub-zero temperatures. Thus far, a list of lichen and non-lichen fungi isolated from the area near Syowa Stati...