Monitoring and identification of airborne fungi at historic locations on Ross Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Science
• Main Authors: Duncan, Shona Margaret, Farrell, Roberta L., Jordan, Neville, Jurgens, Joel Allan, Blanchette, Robert A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2010
• Subjects: fungi; polar biology; Heroic Era; Ross Island; Cape Evans; Royds; Cape Royds; Hut Point; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/3776; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2010.03.008

Air sampling in the ‘Heroic Era’ historic huts on Ross Island, Antarctica confirmed fungal presence, viability and winter survival. Cultivation and consensus sequence-based identification of Cladosporium cladosporioides, Pseudeurotium desertorum, Geomyces sp. and Antarctomyces psychrotrophicus demon...