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SUBMITTER: Selbmann L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3960883 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Selbmann Laura L Grube Martin M Onofri Silvano S Isola Daniela D Zucconi Laura L
Biology 20130517 2
Sixteen epilithic lichen samples (13 species), collected from seven locations in Northern and Southern Victoria Land in Antarctica, were investigated for the presence of black fungi. Thirteen fungal strains isolated were studied by both morphological and molecular methods. Nuclear ribosomal 18S gene sequences were used together with the most similar published and unpublished sequences of fungi from other sources, to reconstruct an ML tree. Most of the studied fungi could be grouped together with ...[more]