Growth temperature preferences of fungal strains from Victoria Land, Antarctica

• 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: [e-mail], INTERNET: http://www.springer.de, Fax: [phone] 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

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