Unusual fungal niches

Mycologia

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1161-1174

  Cantrell, S A ^a   Dianese, J C ^b   Fell, J ^c   Gunde Cimerman, N ^d   Zalar, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL TURABO   (Puerto Rico)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Dry valleys; Glaciers; Microbial mats; Plant trichomes; Salt flats; Salterns

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; FUNGUS; GENERALIST; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; OXIC CONDITIONS; SUBSTRATE; TRICHOME;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; ICE COVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCTIC REGIONS; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; ICE COVER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

EID: 82455218992     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/11-108     Document Type: Article

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