Roof-Inhabiting Cousins of Rock-Inhabiting Fungi: Novel Melanized Microcolonial Fungal Species from Photocatalytically Reactive Subaerial Surfaces

• Published in: Life
• Main Authors: Constantino Ruibal, Laura Selbmann, Serap Avci, Pedro M. Martin-Sanchez, Anna A. Gorbushina
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: microcolonial fungi; multilocus phylogeny; photocatalytic surfaces; subaerial biofilms; stress tolerance; Constantinomyces; Antarctic; Bare Rocks; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/life8030030

Subaerial biofilms (SAB) are an important factor in weathering, biofouling, and biodeterioration of bare rocks, building materials, and solar panel surfaces. The realm of SAB is continually widened by modern materials, and the settlers on these exposed solid surfaces always include melanized, stress...