Ecological and physiological characterization of Humicola marvinii, a new psychrophilic fungus from fellfield soils in the maritime Antarctic

Mycologia

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 706-711

  Weinstein, Richard N ^a   Palm, Mary E ^b   Johnstone, Keith ^a   Wynn Williams, David D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Extreme environments; Hyphomycetes; Microbial ecology; Systematics

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES; PSYCHROPHILIC FUNGI;

ANTARCTICA; SIGNEY ISLAND; SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS;

FUNGI; HUMICOLA; HUMICOLA FUSCOATRA; HUMICOLA MARVINII; HYPHOMYCETES;

EID: 0030762845     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761126     Document Type: Article

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