Characterization of yeast and filamentous fungi isolated from cryoconite holes of Svalbard, Arctic

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 575-583

  Singh, Purnima ^a   Singh, Shiv M ^b  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bioprospecting; Diversity; Fungi; Midre Lov nbreen glacier

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC CARBON; SALT; SECRETION; SOLUBILIZATION; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRACE METAL; YEAST;

ARCTIC; MIDRE LOVENBREEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ARTICULOSPORA TETRACLADIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS GILVESCENS; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; MRAKIA; PHIALOPHORA ALBA; RHODOTORULA (ERYTHROBASIDIUM CLADE);

EID: 84858005250     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1103-1     Document Type: Article

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