Fungi in Extreme Environments: Ecological Role and Biotechnological Significance

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tiquia-Arashiro, Sonia M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Grube, Martin (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.; Microbiology.; Biomedical engineering.; Microbial Ecology.; Applied Microbiology.; Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology.

Over the last decades, scientists have been intrigued by the fascinating organisms that inhabit extreme environments. These organisms, known as extremophiles, thrive in habitats which for other terrestrial life-forms are intolerably hostile or even lethal. Based on such technological advances, the s...