Taxonomic characterization, adaptation strategies and biotechnological potential of cryophilic yeasts from ice cores of Midre Lovénbreen glacier, Svalbard, Arctic

Cryobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-175

  Singh, Purnima ^a   Tsuji, Masaharu ^b   Singh, Shiv Mohan ^c   Roy, Utpal ^a   Hoshino, Tamotsu ^b  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Cryophilic yeast; Diversity; Enzymes; Fatty acids; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; CATALASE; CELLULASE; FATTY ACID ESTER; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; PROTEINASE; STEARIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UREASE;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS ADELIENSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDOSIMILIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS SAITOI; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLACIER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; RHODOSPORIDIUM; RHODOSPORIDIUM LUSITANIAE; RHODOSPORIDIUM MUCILAGINOSA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARCTIC REGIONS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA, FUNGAL; FATTY ACIDS; ICE COVER; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; LIPASE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YEASTS;

CRYPTOCOCCUS ADELIENSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDOSIMILIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS SAITOI; CRYPTOCOCCUS SP.; RHODOSPORIDIUM LUSITANIAE; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA;

EID: 84875257533     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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