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Growth temperature preferences of fungal strains from Victoria Land, Antarctica

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Thirty-five strains of microfungi, isolated from various sites in Victoria Land, Antarctica, were grown at eight temperatures ranging from 0 to 45°C. Only 1 strain (Chaetomium sp. from hot soil) was a thermotolerant mesophile; other strains were psychrophilic (2 strains) or psychrotrophic (32 strains). The fitness of different species to thermal instability is discussed, based on the width of the growth rate curves.

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Zucconi, L., Pagano, S., Tosi, S. et al. Growth temperature preferences of fungal strains from Victoria Land, Antarctica. Polar Biol 16, 53–61 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02388735

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