Assessment of fungal diversity present in Arctic and Antarctic lakes and selection of heavy metal tolerant fungal isolates

• Main Author: MARCHETTA, Alessia
• Other Authors: Marchetta, Alessia, DE LEO, Filomena
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Polar lake; fungal community; NGS; heavy metal tolerance; Settore BIO/19 - Microbiologia Generale; Arctic; Antarctic; Svalbard; Ny-Ålesund; Livingston Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ny Ålesund
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11570/3275550

Lakes are prominent features of the Arctic landscape and are also common in many parts of Antarctica. Various microbial communities (especially bacteria) have been characterized, including those in Antarctic and Arctic lakes, which face different extreme conditions such as low temperatures, high sal...