A preliminary survey of non-lichenized fungi cultured from the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Chile

Astrobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 521-526

  Conley, Catharine A ^a   Ishkhanova, Galina ^b   McKay, Christopher P ^b   Cullings, Ken ^b  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Ascomycota; Caenorhabditis elegans maintenance medium; Ustilago

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; USTILAGO;

FUNGAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOLOGY; CHILE; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; WIND;

CHILE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DESERT CLIMATE; EXOBIOLOGY; FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPORES, FUNGAL; WIND;

EID: 33750142547     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2006.6.521     Document Type: Article

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