In the past two decades, ancient DNA research has progressed from the retrieval of small
fragments of mitochondrial DNA from a few late Holocene specimens, to large-scale studies …

Growth and activity at low temperatures and possible physiological and ecological
mechanisms underlying survival of fungi isolated from the cold Arctic and Antarctic are …

Glaciers represent a unique inventory of microbial genetic diversity and a record of
evolution. The Tibetan Plateau contains the largest area of low-latitude glaciers and is …

A fully updated guide to the increasingly prevalent use of molecular data in ecological
studies Molecular ecology is concerned with how molecular biology and population genetics …

Our work was motivated by discoveries of prokaryotic communities that survive with little
nutrient in ice and permafrost, with implications for past or present microbial life in Martian …

Biogenic aerosols play important roles in atmospheric chemistry physics, the biosphere,
climate, and public health. Here, we show that fungi which actively discharge their spores …

Glacial habitats (cryosphere) include some of the largest unexplored and extreme
biospheres on Earth. These habitats harbor a wide diversity of psychrophilic prokaryotic and …

Using media with low water activity, a large numbers of aureobasidium-like black yeasts
were isolated from glacial and subglacial ice of three polythermal glaciers from the coastal …

Our planet offers many opportunities for life on the edge: high and low temperatures, high
salt concentrations, acidic and basic conditions and toxic environments, to name but a few …

This article reviews the comparative diversity of psychrophilic and psychrotrophic fungi, their
adaptability mechanisms for survival and potential applications in biotechnology and …