Biodiversity, evolution and adaptation of fungi in extreme environments

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 237-246

  Selbmann, Laura ^a   Egidi, Eleonora ^a   Isola, Daniela ^a   Onofri, Silvano ^a   Zucconi, Laura ^a   de Hoog, G Sybren ^b   Chinaglia, Selene ^c   Testa, Laura ^c   Tosi, Solveig ^c   Balestrazzi, Alma ^c   Lantieri, Angela ^d   Compagno, Riccardo ^e   Tigini, Valeria ^f   Varese, Giovanna Cristina ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acidophilic fungi; Alkalophilic fungi; Antioxidants; Polluted sites; Sand fungi

Indexed keywords

FUNGI;

EID: 84878531198     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2012.753134     Document Type: Article

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