Diversity and Keratin Degrading Ability of Fungi Isolated from Canadian Arctic Marine Bird Feathers

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Robicheau, Brent M., Adams, Sarah J., Provencher, Jennifer F., Robertson, Gregory J., Mallory, Mark L., Walker, Allison K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; gull; keratin degradation; Newfoundland; Nunavut; seabird; Arctique; mouette; dégradation de la kératine; Terre-Neuve; oiseau de mer; Canada; Champignons; Fulmar; Arctic birds; Arctique*; Black guillemot; Black-legged Kittiwake; Cepphus grylle; Common Eider; Fulmarus glacialis; Glaucous Gull; Goéland bourgmestre; Guillemot à miroir; King Eider; Larus hyperboreus; Mouette tridactyle; Northern Fulmar; rissa tridactyla; Somateria mollissima; subarctique*; thick-billed murre; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/69301

We present the first records of fungi associated with feathers from seabirds and sea ducks in the Canadian Arcticand sub-Arctic. Birds sampled in Nunavut and Newfoundland (Canada) included the Common Eider (Somateria mollissima), King Eider (S. spectabilis), Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)...