Caves have been an item of amateur and professional exploration for many years. Research
on the karst caves has revealed great diversity of bacteria, algae, and fungi living on stone …

To date, the highly adapted cave microbial communities are challenged by the expanding
anthropization of these subterranean habitats. Although recent advances in characterizing …

Caves are ubiquitous subterranean voids, accounting for a still largely unexplored surface of
the Earth underground. Due to the absence of sunlight and physical segregation, caves are …

Bacteria are well known producers of bioactive secondary metabolites, including some of
the most effective antibiotics in use today. While the caves of Oceania are still largely under …

The touristic use of caves causes multiple environmental alterations to the subterranean
ecosystem, having potential effects on all components, from the atmosphere to lithosphere …

Anthropization of Palaeolithic caves open for tourism may favour collembola invasion and
result in the formation of black stains attributed to pigmented fungi. However, ecological …

Anthropogenic disturbance on natural ecosystems is growing in frequency and magnitude
affecting all ecosystems components. Understanding the response of different types of …

Background Cave anthropization related to rock art tourism can lead to cave microbiota
imbalance and microbial alterations threatening Paleolithic artwork, but the underpinning …

Karst caves are distinctive ecosystems that have limited nutrients, darkness, low to moderate
temperatures, and high moisture levels, which allow for a diverse range of fungal …

Actinobacteria are important cave inhabitants, but knowledge of how anthropization and
anthropization‐related visual marks affect this community on cave walls is lacking. We …