Screening fungi isolated from historic Discovery Hut on Ross Island, Antarctica for cellulose degradation

Antarctic Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 463-470

  Duncan, Shona M ^a,b   Minasaki, Ryuji ^a,c   Farrell, Roberta L ^a   Thwaites, Joanne M ^a   Held, Benjamin W ^b   Arenz, Brett E ^b   Jurgens, Joel A ^b   Blanchette, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

4 glucanase; Cellulolytic; Endo 1; Microfungi; Psychrotolerant

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; ISLAND; SURVIVAL;

CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM OXYSPORUM; FUNGI; GEOMYCES;

EID: 51949087866     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102008001314     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. ABYZOZ, S.S. 1993. Microorganisms in the Antarctic ice. In FRIEDMAN, E.I., ed. Antarctic microbiology. New York: Wiley-Liss, 265-295.
2. ARENZ, B.E., HELD, B.W., JURGENS, J.A., FARRELL, R.L. & BLANCHETTE, R.A. 2006. Fungal diversity in soils and historic wood from the Ross Sea Region of Antarctica. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 38, 3057-3064.
3. AZMI, O.R. & SEPPELT, R.D. 1997. Fungi of theWindmill Islands, continental Antarctica: effect of temperature, pH and culture media on the growth of selected microfungi. Polar Biology, 18, 128-134.
4. BAILEY, M.J., BIELY, P. & POUTANEN, K. 1992. Interlaboratory testing of method for assay of xylanase activity. Journal of Biotechnology, 23, 257-270.
5. BARNETT, H.L. & HUNTER, B.B. 1972. Illustrated genera of imperfect fungi. Minneapolis, MN: Burgess, 241 pp.
6. BLANCHETTE, R.A., HELD, B.W., JURGENS, J.A., MCNEW, D.L., HARRINGTON, T.C., DUNCAN, S.M. & FARRELL, R.L. 2004. Wood-destroying soft rot fungi in the historic expedition huts of Antarctica. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70, 1328-1335.
7. BRADNER, J.R., GILLINGS, M. & NEVALAINEN, K.M.H. 1999. Qualitative assessment of hydrolytic activities in Antarctic microfungi grown at different temperatures on solid media. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 15, 131-132.
8. CAVICCHIOLI, R.K., SIDDIQUI, S., ANDREWS, D. & SOWERS, K.R. 2002. Low-temperature extremophiles and their applications. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 13, 1-9.
9. DUNCAN, S.M., FARRELL, R.L., THWAITES, J.M., HELD, B.W., ARENZ, B.E., JURGENS, J.A. & BLANCHETTE, R.A. 2006. Endoglucanase producing fungi isolated from Cape Evans historic expedition hut on Ross Island, Antarctica. Environmental Microbiology, 8, 1212-1219.
10. ERIKSSON, K.E., BLANCHETTE, R.A. & ANDER, P. 1990. Microbial and enzymatic degradation of wood and wood components. Berlin: Springer, 407 pp.
11. FENICE, M., SELBMANN, L., ZUCCONI, L. & ONOFRI, S. 1997. Production of extracellular enzymes by Antarctic fungal strains. Polar Biology, 17, 275-280.
12. GARDES, M. & BRUNS, T.D. 1993. ITS primers with enhanced specificity of basidiomycetes: application to the identification of mycorrhizae and rusts. Molecular Ecology, 2, 113-118.
13. HARRINGTON, T.C. 1981. Cycloheximide sensitivity as a taxonomic character in Ceratocystis. Mycologia, 73, 1123-1129.
14. HARRINGTON, T.C. & MCNEW, D.L. 2003. Phylogenetic analysis places the Phialophora-like anamorph genus Cadophora in the Helotiales. Mycotaxon, 87, 141-151.
15. HELD, B.W., JURGENS, J.A., ARENZ, B.E., DUNCAN, S.M., FARRELL, R.L. & BLANCHETTE, R.A. 2005. Environmental factors influencing microbial growth inside the historic expedition huts of Ross Island, Antarctica. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 55, 45-53.
16. HURST, J.L., PUGH, G.J.F. & WALTON, D.W.H. 1983. Fungal succession and substrate utilization on the leaves of three South Georgia phanerogams. British Antarctica Survey Bulletin, No. 58, 89-100.
17. KERRY, E. 1990a. Microorganisms colonizing plants and soil subjected to different degrees of human activity, including petroleum contamination, in the Vestfold Hills and MacRobertson Land, Antarctica. Polar Biology, 10, 423-430.
18. KERRY, E. 1990b. Effect of temperature on growth rates of fungi from Subantarctic Macquarie Island and Casey, Antarctica. Polar Biology, 10, 293-299.
19. MANDELS,M.L., PARRISH, F.W. & REESE, E.T. 1962. Sophorose as an inducer of cellulose in Trichoderma viride. Journal of Bacteriology, 83, 400-408.
20. MERCANTINI, R., MARSELLA, R., MORETTO, D. & FINOTTI, E. 1993. Keratinophilic fungi in the Antarctic environment. Mycopathologia, 122 169-175.
21. MEYER, G.H., MORROW, M.B. & WYSS, O. 1962. Viable micro-organisms in a fifty-year old yeast preparation in Antarctica. Nature, 196, 598.
22. MEYER, G.H., MORROW, M.B. & WYSS, O. 1963. Viable organisms from faeces and foodstuffs from early Antarctic expeditions. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 9, 163-167.
23. NEDWELL, D.B., RUSSELL, N.J. & CRESSWELL- MAYNARD, T. 1994. Long-term survival of microorganisms in frozen material from early Antarctic base camps at McMurdo Sound. Antarctic Science, 6, 67-68.
24. ONOFRI, S., SELBMANN, L., ZUCCONI, L. & PAGANO, S. 2004. Antarctic microfungi as model exobiology. Planetary and Space Science, 52, 229-237.
25. PUGH, G.J.F. & ALLSOPP, D. 1982. Microfungi on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, No. 57, 55-67.
26. SMITH, M.J. 1981. Cellulose decomposition on South Georgia. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, No. 53, 264-265.
27. SUN, S.H., HUPPERT, M. & CAMERON, R.E. 1978. Identification of some fungi from soil and air of Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series, 30, 1-26.
28. VINCENT, W.F. 2000. Evolutionary origins of Antarctic microbiota: invasion, selection and endemism. Antarctic Science, 12, 374-385.
29. VISHNIAC, H.S. 1996. Biodiversity of yeasts and filamentous fungi in terrestrial Antarctic ecosystems. Biodiversity and Conservation, 5, 1365-1378.
30. VOGEL, H.J. & BONNER, D.M. 1956. A convenient growth medium for E. coli and some other microorganisms. Journal of Biology and Chemistry, 218, 97-106.
31. WALTON, D.W.H. 1985. Cellulose decomposition and its relationship to nutrient cycling at South Georgia. In SIEGFRIED, W.R., CONDY, P.R. & LAWS, R.M., eds. Antarctic nutrient cycles and food webs. Berlin: Springer, 192-199.
32. YAMAMOTO, H., OHTANI, S., TATSUYAMA, K. & AKIYAMA, M. 1991. Preliminary report on cellulolytic activity in the Antarctic region (extended Abstract). Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Polar Biology, 4, 179-182.