Growth temperature preferences of fungal strains from Victoria Land, Antarctica

Thirty-five strains of microfungi, isolated from various sites in Victoria Land, Antarctica, were grown at eight temperatures ranging from 0 to 45 degrees C. Only 1 strain (Chaetomium sp. from hot soil) was a thermotolerant mesophile; other strains were psychrophilic (2 strains) or psychrotrophic (3...

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Published in:Polar Biology
Main Authors: ZUCCONI L., S. PAGANO, M. FENICE, L. SELBMANN, S. ONOFRI, TOSI, SOLVEIG
Other Authors: Zucconi, L., S., Pagano, M., Fenice, L., Selbmann, Tosi, Solveig, S., Onofri
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Springer Verlag Germany:Tiergartenstrasse 17, D 69121 Heidelberg Germany:011 49 6221 3450, EMAIL: g.braun@springer.de, INTERNET: http://www.springer.de, Fax: 011 49 6221 345229 1996
Subjects:
Psychrophylic
phsychrotrophic Fungi
extreme environment
Antarctica
Victoria Land
Antarc*
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11571/119969
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02388735
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Summary:Thirty-five strains of microfungi, isolated from various sites in Victoria Land, Antarctica, were grown at eight temperatures ranging from 0 to 45 degrees C. Only 1 strain (Chaetomium sp. from hot soil) was a thermotolerant mesophile; other strains were psychrophilic (2 strains) or psychrotrophic (32 strains). The fitness of different species to thermal instability is discussed, based on the width of the growth rate curves

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