Bioactive compounds produced by Antarctic filamentous fungi

I Vaca, R Chávez - Fungi of Antarctica: Diversity, Ecology and …, 2019 - Springer
Antarctica is one of the most unexplored environments on the Earth. This continent is
permanently subjected to very low temperatures and other extreme conditions. However …

Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic marine ecosystems: an unexplored ecosystem of fungal diversity

LH Rosa, FM Pellizzari, MB Ogaki… - Fungi of Antarctica …, 2019 - Springer
In the sub-antarctic and Antarctic marine ecosystems, fungi occur in several living and
nonliving substrates, and different species have been recovered from driftwood …

Antarctic fungi with antibiotic potential isolated from Fort William Point, Antarctica

E Ordóñez-Enireb, RV Cucalón, D Cárdenas… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The Antarctic continent is one of the most inhospitable places on earth, where living
creatures, mostly represented by microorganisms, have specific physiological characteristics …

Fungi in Antarctica: diversity, ecology, effects of climate change, and bioprospection for bioactive compounds

LH Rosa, CL Zani, CL Cantrell, SO Duke… - Fungi of Antarctica …, 2019 - Springer
Fungi occur in virtually all types of living and non-living substrates of Antarctica in different
environments. However, knowledge of the diversity, ecological roles, and biotechnological …

Richness and bioactivity of culturable soil fungi from the Fildes Peninsula, Antarctica

Z Ding, L Li, Q Che, D Li, Q Gu, T Zhu - Extremophiles, 2016 - Springer
Since the discovery of penicillin, fungi have been an important source of bioactive natural
products. However, as a specific resource, the bioactive potentiality and specificity of fungal …

Cold-adapted fungi as a source for valuable metabolites

JC Frisvad - Psychrophiles: from biodiversity to biotechnology, 2008 - Springer
Filamentous fungi, bacteria, especially actinomycetes, plants, algae and many other kind or
organisms can produce a vast array of different extrolites. Extrolites is an ecological term for …

Antibacterial, antifungal and antiprotozoal activities of fungal communities present in different substrates from Antarctica

VN Gonçalves, CR Carvalho, S Johann, G Mendes… - Polar Biology, 2015 - Springer
Antarctica is a pristine and extreme environment that represents a unique opportunity for
taxonomic, ecological and biotechnological studies of the microorganisms. In the present …

Extracellular enzymes and bioactive compounds from Antarctic terrestrial fungi for bioprospecting

L Zucconi, F Canini, ME Temporiti, S Tosi - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antarctica, one of the harshest environments in the world, has been successfully colonized
by extremophilic, psychrophilic, and psychrotolerant microorganisms, facing a range of …

Diversity and bioactivity of cultured aquatic fungi from the High Arctic region

Z Tao, Z Lili, Y Caiyun, W Tao… - Advances in Polar …, 2017 - library.arcticportal.org
This study assessed the diversity and α-glycosidase inhibitory activity of cultured fungi
isolated from four aquatic environments (stream, pond, glacial ice, and estuary) in the Ny …

Diversity, ecological role and biotechnological potential of antarctic marine fungi

S Varrella, G Barone, M Tangherlini, E Rastelli… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Antarctic Ocean is one of the most remote and inaccessible environments on our planet
and hosts potentially high biodiversity, being largely unexplored and undescribed. Fungi …