Life beyond the borders: the resistance of the black fungus Cryomyces antarcticus to radiation and space environment

• Main Author: Pacelli, Claudia
• Other Authors: Onofri, Silvano, Selbmann, Laura
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Università degli studi della Tuscia - Viterbo 2017
• Subjects: Astrobiology; Resistance; Black fungi; Extremophiles; Astrobiologia; Resistenza; Funghi neri; Estremofili; BIO/03; Antarctic; Neri; Nero; The Antarctic; Vuoto; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Antartide
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2067/3101

Dottorato di ricerca in Ecologia e gestione sostenibile delle risorse ambientali Our understanding of potential life in extraterrestrial environment and its biosignature has mainly focused on studying extreme environments on Earth. Terrestrial extreme environments, indeed, offer a rich source of inf...