Carotenoids are a large group of health-promoting compounds used in many industrial
sectors, such as foods, feeds, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, nutraceuticals, and colorants …

The extensive use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides has negative consequences in terms
of soil microbial biodiversity and environmental contamination. Faced with this growing …

Benthic microbial mats dominated by Cyanobacteria are important features of polar lakes.
Although culture-independent studies have provided important insights into the diversity of …

Although Antarctica was once believed to be a sterile environment, it is now clear that the
microbial communities inhabiting the Antarctic continent are surprisingly diverse. Until the …

The Antarctic continent is widely considered to be one of the most hostile biological habitats
on Earth. Despite extreme environmental conditions, the ice-free areas of the continent …

The Antarctic Ocean is one of the most remote and inaccessible environments on our planet
and hosts potentially high biodiversity, being largely unexplored and undescribed. Fungi …

In the Antarctic environment, yeasts are versatile eukaryotes that have shown wide
dispersion in different substrates, producing active enzymes in extreme conditions, but their …

In maritime Antarctica, sea animals, such as penguins or seals, provide a large amount of
external nitrogen input into tundra soils, which greatly impact nitrogen cycle in tundra …

Ice-free areas represent less than 1% of the Antarctic surface. However, climate change
models predict a significant increase in temperatures in the coming decades, triggering a …

ABSTRACT The McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV) in Antarctica harbor a diverse assemblage of
mat-forming diazotrophic cyanobacteria that play a key role in nitrogen cycling. Prior …