Fungi are highly diverse organisms, which provide multiple ecosystem services. However,
compared with charismatic animals and plants, the distribution patterns and conservation …

Abstract The Environmental Effects Assessment Panel of the Montreal Protocol under the
United Nations Environment Programme evaluates effects on the environment and human …

The growing problem of antibiotic resistance has led to the exploration of uncultured
bacteria as potential sources of new antimicrobials. PCR amplicon analyses and short-read …

Scientific evidence is abundantly clear and convincing that due to the current trajectory of
human-derived emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, the atmosphere and ocean …

Ice-free terrestrial environments of the western Antarctic Peninsula are expanding and
subject to colonization by new microorganisms and plants, which control biogeochemical …

Protection of Antarctica's biodiversity and ecosystem values is enshrined in the Protocol on
Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, which provides for the designation of …

The climate of maritime Antarctica has altered since the 1950s. However, the effects of
increased temperature, precipitation and organic carbon and nitrogen availability on the …

Managing soil biodiversity by reduced or no tillage is an increasingly popular approach. Soil
mycobiome in Siberian agroecosystems has been scarcely studied; little is known about its …

Linkages between aboveground and belowground communities are a key but globally
under-researched component of responses to environmental change. Given the logistical …

While diversity studies and screening for enzyme activities are important elements of
understanding fungal roles in the soil ecosystem, extracting and purifying the target enzyme …