Tolerance of Antarctic soil fungi to hydrocarbons

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Hughes, Kevin A., Bridge, Paul, Clark, Melody S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2007
• Subjects: Biology and Microbiology; Adelaide Island; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Rothera; Rothera Research Station; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/1188/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.09.016

Little is known about the effects of hydrocarbons and fuel oil on Antarctic filamentous fungi in the terrestrial Antarctic environment. Growth of fungi and bacteria from soils around Rothera Research Station (Adelaide Island, Antarctic Peninsula) was assessed in the presence of ten separate aromatic...