Low-diversity fungal assemblage in an Antarctic Dry Valleys soil

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 567-574

  Rao, Subramanya ^a   Chan, Yuki ^a   Lacap, Donnabella C ^a   Hyde, Kevin D ^b,c   Pointing, Stephen B ^a   Farrell, Roberta L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Debaryomyces; Helicodendron; Soil fungi; Zalerion

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; COLD TOLERANCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH; INVERTEBRATE; LICHEN; METABOLISM; MOSS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SYMBIOSIS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

BRYOPHYTA; DEBARYOMYCES; DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII; FUNGI; HELICODENDRON; INVERTEBRATA; ZALERION;

EID: 84858006401     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1102-2     Document Type: Article

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