Positive fungal interactions are key drivers in Antarctic endolithic microcosms at the boundaries for life sustainability

• Published in: FEMS Microbiology Ecology
• Main Authors: Biagioli, Federico, Coleine, Claudia, Buzzini, Pietro, Turchetti, Benedetta, Sannino, Ciro, Selbmann, Laura
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Antarctica; Cryptoendolithic communities; Fungal interactions; Global warming; ITS metabarcoding; Network analysis; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Victoria Land; Rif; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11391/1553156; https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiad045; https://academic.oup.com/femsec/article-abstract/99/5/fiad045/7158681?redirectedFrom=fulltext

In the ice-free areas of Victoria Land in continental Antarctica, where the conditions reach the limits for life sustainability, highly adapted and extreme-tolerant microbial communities exploit the last habitable niches inside porous rocks (i.e. cryptoendolithic communities). These guilds host the...