Fungal strategies for dealing with environment-and agriculture-induced stresses

DEN Rangel, RD Finlay, JE Hallsworth, E Dadachova… - Fungal Biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Fungal Kingdom is responsible for many ecosystem services as well as many
industrial and agricultural products. Nevertheless, how these fungal species function and …

Review of microbial resistance to chronic ionizing radiation exposure under environmental conditions

I Shuryak - Journal of environmental radioactivity, 2019 - Elsevier
Ionizing radiation (IR) produces multiple types of damage to nucleic acids, proteins and
other crucial cellular components. Nevertheless, various microorganisms from …

Wide divergence of fungal communities inhabiting rocks and soils in a hyper‐arid Antarctic desert

F Canini, L Borruso, KK Newsham… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Highly simplified microbial communities colonise rocks and soils of continental Antarctica ice‐
free deserts. These two habitats impose different selection pressures on organisms, yet the …

Survival, DNA, and ultrastructural integrity of a cryptoendolithic Antarctic fungus in Mars and Lunar rock analogs exposed outside the International Space Station

S Onofri, L Selbmann, C Pacelli, L Zucconi… - Astrobiology, 2019 - liebertpub.com
The search for life beyond Earth involves investigation into the responses of model
organisms to the deleterious effects of space. In the frame of the BIOlogy and Mars …

Black fungi research: out-of-this-world implications

D Tesei - Encyclopedia, 2022 - mdpi.com
Definition Black fungi are an ecological group of melanized fungi specialized in
extremotolerance and assumed to be among the most stress-resistant eukaryotes on Earth …

Multidisciplinary characterization of melanin pigments from the black fungus Cryomyces antarcticus

C Pacelli, A Cassaro, A Maturilli, AM Timperio… - Applied Microbiology …, 2020 - Springer
Melanin is a natural pigment present in almost all biological groups, and is composed of
indolic polymers and characterized by black-brown colorization. Furthermore, it is one of the …

Deletion of the polyketide synthase‐encoding gene pks1 prevents melanization in the extremophilic fungus Cryomyces antarcticus

I Catanzaro, R Gerrits, I Feldmann, AA Gorbushina… - IUBMB …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cryomyces antarcticus, a melanized cryptoendolithic fungus endemic to Antarctica, can
tolerate environmental conditions as severe as those in space. Particularly, its ability to …

Rock-inhabiting fungi: Terminology, diversity, evolution and adaptation mechanisms

B Liu, R Fu, B Wu, X Liu, M Xiang - Mycology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Rock-inhabiting fungi (RIF) constitute an ecological group associated with terrestrial rocks.
This association is generally restricted to the persistent colonisation of rocks and peculiar …

STARLIFE—An international campaign to study the role of galactic cosmic radiation in astrobiological model systems

R Moeller, M Raguse, S Leuko, T Berger, CE Hellweg… - Astrobiology, 2017 - liebertpub.com
In-depth knowledge regarding the biological effects of the radiation field in space is required
for assessing the radiation risks in space. To obtain this knowledge, a set of different …

Microbial cells can cooperate to resist high-level chronic ionizing radiation

I Shuryak, VY Matrosova, EK Gaidamakova, R Tkavc… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Understanding chronic ionizing radiation (CIR) effects is of utmost importance to protecting
human health and the environment. Diverse bacteria and fungi inhabiting extremely …