000864360 001__ 864360 000864360 005__ 20210130002531.0 000864360 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3389/fbioe.2019.00028 000864360 0247_ $$2Handle$$a2128/22577 000864360 0247_ $$2altmetric$$aaltmetric:56623973 000864360 0247_ $$2pmid$$apmid:30899757 000864360 0247_ $$2WOS$$aWOS:000461234900001 000864360 037__ $$aFZJ-2019-04156 000864360 082__ $$a570 000864360 1001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aDurán, Paola$$b0$$eCorresponding author 000864360 245__ $$aOccurrence of Soil Fungi in Antarctic Pristine Environments 000864360 260__ $$aLausanne$$bFrontiers Media$$c2019 000864360 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000864360 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000864360 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1565339861_28493 000864360 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000864360 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000864360 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000864360 520__ $$aThe presence of fungi in pristine Antarctic soils is of particular interest because of the diversity of this microbial group. However, the extreme conditions that coexist in Antarctica produce a strong selective pressure that could lead to the evolution of novel mechanisms for stress tolerance by indigenous microorganisms. For this reason, in recent years, research on cold-adapted microorganisms has increased, driven by their potential value for applications in biotechnology. Cold-adapted fungi, in particular, have become important sources for the discovery of novel bioactive secondary metabolites and enzymes. In this study, we studied the fungal community structure of 12 soil samples from Antarctic sites, including King George Island (including Collins Glacier), Deception Island and Robert Island. Culturable fungi were isolated and described according to their morphological and phenotypical characteristics, and the richness index was compared with soil chemical properties to describe the fungal community and associated environmental parameters. We isolated 54 fungal strains belonging to the following 19 genera: Penicillium, Pseudogymnoascus, Lambertella, Cadophora, Candida, Mortierella, Oxygenales, Geomyces, Vishniacozyma, Talaromyces, Rhizopus, Antarctomyces, Cosmospora, Tetracladium, Leptosphaeria, Lecanicillium, Thelebolus, Bjerkandera and an uncultured Zygomycete. The isolated fungi were comprised of 70% Ascomycota, 10% Zygomycota, 10% Basidiomycota, 5% Deuteromycota and 5% Mucoromycota, highlighting that most strains were associated with similar genera grown in cold environments. Among the culturable strains, 55% were psychrotrophic and 45% were psychrophilic, and most were Ascomycetes occurring in their teleomorph forms. Soils from the Collins Glacier showed less species richness and greater species dominance compared with the rest of the sites, whereas samples 4, 7, and 10 (from Fildes Bay, Coppermine Peninsula and Arctowski Station, respectively) showed greater species richness and less species dominance. Species richness was related to the C/N ratio, whereas species dominance was inversely related to C and N content. 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