Phenotypes Associated with Pathogenicity: Their Expression in Arctic Fungal Isolates.

ABSTRACT: Around 85% of the environments on Earth are permanently or seasonally colder than 5 °C. Among those, the poles constitute unique biomes, which harbor a broad variety of microbial life, including an abundance of fungi. Many fungi have an outstanding ability to withstand extreme conditions and play vital ecosystem roles of decomposers as well as obligate or facultative symbionts of many other organisms. Due to their dispersal capabilities, microorganisms from cryosphere samples can be distributed around the world. Such dispersal involves both species with undefined pathogenicity and potentially pathogenic strains. Here we describe the isolation of fungal species from pristine Arctic locations in Greenland and Svalbard and the testing of the expression of characteristics usually associated wi

SUBMITTER: Perini L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6955883 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature