Fungi are found in all aerobic ecosystems, colonizing a diversity of substrates and
performing a wide diversity of functions, some of which are not well understood. Many …

There is now considerable circumstantial evidence that true fungi (Kingdom Eumycota) were
instrumental in both the colonization of land by the ancestors of terrestrial plants (Simon et …

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) occur within drylands throughout the world, covering~ 12%
of the global terrestrial soil surface. Their occurrence in the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula …

This is the continuation study of obligate halophilic fungi isolated from a man-made solar
saltern located in Phetchaburi province, Thailand. The isolation site was hypersaline …

Fungi were documented in tropical hypersaline microbial mats and their role in the
degradation of complex carbohydrates (exopolymeric substance–EPS) was explored …

Microbial mats are compacted, surface-associated microbial ecosystems reminiscent of the
first living communities on early Earth. While often considered predominantly prokaryotic …

Microbial mats are a laminated organic-sedimentary ecosystem, found in a wide range of
habitats. Fluctuating diel and seasonal physicochemical gradients characterize these …

Hypersaline environments, including soil and water pose an extreme situation and may limit
the growth of organisms accompanied by some abiotic factors such as, temperature, pH …

Nematophagous fungi can trap and capture nematodes and other small invertebrates. This
unique ability has made them ideal organisms from which to develop biological control …

Fungi have been recently recognized as organisms able to grow in presence of high salt
concentration with halophilic and halotolerance properties and their ligninolytic enzyme …