Identification of fungal taxa with pathogenic potential in soil samples from Perunika Glacier’s newly formed forefields - Livingston Island, Antarctica

• Published in: ARPHA Conference Abstracts
• Main Authors: Hodzhev,Yordan, Tsafarova,Borislava, Tolchkov,Vladimir, Stoev,Pavel, Bekchiev,Rostislav, Langourov,Mario, Toshkova,Nia, Deleva,Stanimira, Nedyalkov,Nedko, Mikov,Ognyan, Slavov,Gancho, Nenova,Rumyana, Dochev,Docho, Tsviatkov,Miroslav, Simov,Nikolay, Panaiotov,Stephan
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2022
• Subjects: soil fungal pathogens; metagenomics; deglaciation; Antarctica; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Hurd; Hurd peninsula; Livingston Island; Perunika Glacier; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/aca.5.e87573; https://aca.pensoft.net/article/87573/

Antarctica peninsula periphery islands undergo one of the most dramatic ecological changes due to ongoing global warming. The front fields of the Antarctic glaciers are extreme environments and pioneering sites for ecological succession. Rising temperatures lead to deglaciation in the Antarctic habi...