Genome and physiology of the ascomycete filamentous fungus Xeromyces bisporus, the most xerophilic organism isolated to date

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 496-513

  Leong, Su lin L ^a   Lantz, Henrik ^a,b   Pettersson, Olga V ^a,b   Frisvad, Jens C ^c   Thrane, Ulf ^c   Heipieper, Hermann J ^d   Dijksterhuis, Jan ^e   Grabherr, Manfred ^b   Pettersson, Mats ^a   Tellgren Roth, Christian ^b   Schnürer, Johan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^e CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; XEROMYCES BISPORUS;

GLYCEROL; WATER;

ADAPTATION; ASCOMYCETES; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYLOGENY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ASCOMYCOTA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, FUNGAL; GLYCEROL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYLOGENY; WATER;

EID: 84923646778     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12596     Document Type: Article

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