Fungi of Antarctica Diversity, Ecology and Biotechnological Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rosa, Luiz Henrique (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Mycology.; Microbial ecology.; Conservation biology.; Ecology .; Microbiology.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Polar regions.; Microbial Ecology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Applied Microbiology.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Polar Geography.
• Physical Description: XV, 345 p. 62 illus., 51 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783030183677
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-18367-7

This book focuses on the fungi found in one of the most pristine regions on Earth: Antarctica. It discusses the fungal occurrence in all substrates of the region, including soil, seawater, lake and marine sediments, rocks, ice, and snow. It also addresses the impact of climate changes on these organisms, the genomic techniques developed to study them, and how a number of compounds, such as antibiotics and enzymes, produced by the Antarctic fungi can be used in medicine, agriculture and the chemical industry.