The genome size of an organism varies from species to species. The C-value paradox
enigma is a very complex puzzle with regards to vast diversity in genome sizes in …

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 …

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

Little is known about fungal diversity in extremely cold regions. Low temperatures induce the
formation of ice crystals and therefore also the creation of low water activity (aw). These are …

Recently a new habitat for microbial life has been discovered at the base of polythermal
glaciers. In ice from these subglacial environments so far only non-photosynthetic bacterial …

Prospecting the cold habitats has led to the isolation of a great diversity of psychrotrophic
microbes belonging to different groups. The cold-adapted microbes have potential …

The presence of psychrophilic yeasts in supra-and subglacial sediments, ice and meltwater
collected from two glaciers of the Italian Alps (Forni and Sforzellina–Ortles-Cevedale group) …

The present study reports the characterization of psychrophilic yeast and yeast-like diversity
in cold habitats (superficial and deep sediments, ice cores and meltwaters) of the Calderone …

Snow ecosystems represent a large part of the Earth's biosphere and harbour diverse
microbial communities. Despite our increased knowledge of snow microbial communities …