Understanding fungi in glacial and hypersaline environments

C Gostinčar, N Gunde-Cimerman - Annual review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Hypersaline waters and glacial ice are inhospitable environments that have low water
activity and high concentrations of osmolytes. They are inhabited by diverse microbial …

Metabolic potential of halophilic filamentous fungi—current perspective

W Śliżewska, K Struszczyk-Świta… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Salty environments are widely known to be inhospitable to most microorganisms. For
centuries salt has been used as a food preservative, while highly saline environments were …

Structural polymorphism of chitin and chitosan in fungal cell walls from solid-state NMR and principal component analysis

LD Fernando, MC Dickwella Widanage… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Chitin is a major carbohydrate component of the fungal cell wall and a promising target for
novel antifungal agents. However, it is technically challenging to characterize the structure of …

Metabolic and genes expression analyses involved in proline metabolism of two rose species under drought stress

N Adamipour, M Khosh-Khui, H Salehi, H Razi… - Plant Physiology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
An investigation was conducted to assess proline anabolism and catabolism pathway genes
under drought stress. Treatments were irrigation in three levels (25, 50 and 100% field …

Structural adaptation of fungal cell wall in hypersaline environment

LD Fernando, Y Pérez-Llano… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Halophilic fungi thrive in hypersaline habitats and face a range of extreme conditions. These
fungal species have gained considerable attention due to their potential applications in …

Navigating the Fusarium species complex: Host-range plasticity and genome variations

VJ Armer, E Kroll, M Darino, DP Smith, M Urban… - Fungal Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ascomycete genus Fusarium, first introduced by Link in 1809, currently consists
of 431 species and 3558 unclassified isolates and hybrids (according to NCBI Taxonomy …

Exopolysaccharides production by cultivating a bacterial isolate from the hypersaline environment of Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia) in pretreatment liquids of steam …

D Chambi, L Romero-Soto, R Villca… - Fermentation, 2021 - mdpi.com
The halotolerant bacterial strain BU-4, isolated from a hypersaline environment, was
identified as an exopolysaccharide (EPS) producer. Pretreatment liquids of steam-exploded …

Extremophilic microorganisms in central Europe

V Zgonik, J Mulec, T Eleršek, N Ogrinc, P Jamnik… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Extremophiles inhabit a wide variety of environments. Here we focus on extremophiles in
moderate climates in central Europe, and particularly in Slovenia. Although multiple types of …

Surviving in the Brine: A Multi-Omics Approach for Understanding the Physiology of the Halophile Fungus Aspergillus sydowii at Saturated NaCl Concentration

I Jiménez-Gómez, G Valdés-Muñoz… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Although various studies have investigated osmoadaptations of halophilic fungi to saline
conditions, only few analyzed the fungal mechanisms occurring at saturated NaCl …

Halophilic filamentous fungi and their enzymes: Potential biotechnological applications

IB Hmad, A Gargouri - Journal of Biotechnology, 2024 - Elsevier
Recently, interest in the study of microorganisms growing under extreme conditions,
particularly halophiles, has increased due to their potential use in industrial processes …