Asexually reproducing fungi play a significant role in essential processes in managed and
wild ecosystems such as nutrients cycling and multitrophic interactions. A large number of …

Since the very first steps of space exploration, fungi have been recorded as contaminants,
hitchhikers, or as part of missions' crews and payloads. Because fungi can cause human …

Background Antarctica and its unique biodiversity are increasingly at risk from the effects of
global climate change and other human influences. A significant recent element …

The diversity and composition of Antarctic cryptoendolithic microbial communities in the
Mars‐analogue site of Helliwell Hills (Northern Victoria Land, Continental Antarctica) are …

We evaluated the fungal diversity associated with carbonate veins and two types of salt
encrustation in rocks in a polar desert region of continental Antarctica using DNA a …

ABSTRACT The ice-free McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica are dominated by nutrient-poor
mineral soil and rocky outcrops. The principal habitat for microorganisms is within rocks …

The diversity and composition of endolithic bacterial diversity of several locations in
McMurdo Dry Valleys (Continental Antarctica) were explored using amplicon sequencing …

Fungi from the Teratosphaeriaceae (Mycosphaerellales; Dothideomycetes; Ascomycota)
have a wide range of lifestyles. Among these are a few species that are endolichenic fungi …

Although ice-free areas cover only about 0.1% of Antarctica and are characterized by harsh
environmental conditions, these regions provide quite diverse conditions for the soil-forming …

In the harshest environmental conditions of the Antarctic desert, normally incompatible with
active life, microbes are adapted to exploit the cryptoendolithic habitat (ie, pore spaces of …