Inhibitory effects of climate change on the growth and extracellular enzyme activities of a widespread Antarctic soil fungus

• Published in: Global Change Biology
• Main Authors: Misiak, Marta, Goodall-Copestake, William, Sparks, Tim, Worland, Roger, Boddy, Lynne, Magan, Naresh, Convey, Peter, Hopkins, David, Newsham, Kevin. K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Antarctica; climate warming; cold adaption; extracellular enzymes; growth inhibition; psychrotrophy; soil fungi; water; 7ref2021; Arctic; Antarctic; Alexander Island; Antarc*; Climate change
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/ab1ada17-b6cb-463f-8136-fcd1c92f2035; https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15456; https://pureadmin.uhi.ac.uk/ws/files/14591629/Misiak_et_al._Global_Change_Biology.pdf

Temperatures approaching or exceeding 20 °C have been measured during summer in polar regions at the surfaces of barren fellfield soils under cloudless skies around solar noon. However, despite the upper temperature limit for the growth of cold‐adapted microbes – which are abundant in polar soils an...