Microorganisms are known as important sources of natural compounds that have been
studied and applied for different purposes in distinct areas. Specifically, in the …

Microbial growth under extreme conditions is often slow. This is partly because large
amounts of energy are diverted into cellular mechanisms that allow survival under hostile …

Abstract The classes Dothideomycetes and Eurotiomycetes include constitutively melanized
fungi adapted to extreme conditions and they are widely distributed in diverse hostile …

The roles extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) play in mineral attachment and
weathering were studied using genetically modified biofilms of the rock-inhabiting fungus …

Fungi sense light of different wavelengths using blue-, green-, and red-light photoreceptors.
Blue light sensing requires the “white-collar” proteins with flavin as chromophore, and red …

Cryptogamic covers extend over vast polar tundra regions and their main components, eg,
bryophytes and lichens, are frequently the first visible colonizers of deglaciated areas. To …

Knufiaápetricola is a black fungus that colonizes sun-exposed surfaces as extreme and
oligotrophic environments. As ecologically important heterotrophs and biofilm-formers on …

Climate change agitates interactions between organisms and the environment and forces
them to adapt, migrate, get replaced by others, or extinct. Marine environments are …

Since the very first steps of space exploration, fungi have been recorded as contaminants,
hitchhikers, or as part of missions' crews and payloads. Because fungi can cause human …

Rock-inhabiting fungi (RIF) constitute an ecological group associated with terrestrial rocks.
This association is generally restricted to the persistent colonisation of rocks and peculiar …