Identification and characterization of yeasts isolated from sedimentary rocks of Union Glacier at the Antarctica

• Published in: Extremophiles
• Main Authors: Barahona, Salvador, Yuivar, Yassef, Socias, Gabriel, Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer, Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor, Baeza Cancino, Marcelo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Tokyo 2016
• Subjects: Carotenoids; Cold-active enzymes; Mycosporines; Psychrotolerant yeasts; Union Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-016-0838-6; https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/155494

© 2016, Springer Japan. The study of the yeasts that inhabit cold environments, such as Antarctica, is an active field of investigation oriented toward understanding their ecological roles in these ecosystems. In a great part, the interest in cold-adapted yeasts is due to several industrial and biot...