Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, and driest continent on Earth. In this sense,
microorganisms that inhabit Antarctica environments have to be adapted to harsh …

The class Trebouxiophyceae is comprised of coccoid to ellipsoid unicells, filaments, blades
and colony-forming species of green algae occurring in diverse terrestrial and aquatic …

Lichens are well-known examples of complex symbiotic associations between organisms
from different Kingdoms. Microfungi in particular, establish diverse associations with the …

We recovered 195 fungal isolates from the sediments of different lakes in the Antarctic
Peninsula, which were screened to detect bioactive compounds. Forty-two taxa belonging to …

The Antarctic Ocean is one of the most remote and inaccessible environments on our planet
and hosts potentially high biodiversity, being largely unexplored and undescribed. Fungi …

We characterized the fungal community found in the winter seasonal snow of the Antarctic
Peninsula. From the samples of snow, 234 fungal isolates were obtained and could be …

The yeasts that thrive in polar and subpolar areas have to be adapted to extreme
environments with low temperatures and the consequential desiccation due to freezing of …

The view of lichens as a symbiosis only between a mycobiont and a photobiont has been
challenged by discoveries of diverse associated organisms. Specific basidiomycete yeasts …

Endophytic microbial communities of lichen are emerging as novel microbial resources and
for exploration of potential biotechnological applications. Here, we focused on a medicinal …

In the Antarctic environment, yeasts are versatile eukaryotes that have shown wide
dispersion in different substrates, producing active enzymes in extreme conditions, but their …