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Fungi in Permafrost

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Part of the book series: Soil Biology ((SOILBIOL,volume 16))

This chapter presents data on the mycobiota of Arctic permafrost. Populations of fungi in permafrost samples are microfocal, that’s why increasing numbers of colony forming units may be detected in any portion of the sample, regardless of the depth or age of the sediments. The number of fungi is generally small, which is in contrast with their pronounced species diversity. A list of Arctic permafrost fungi (~80 species) that were detected by using cultural methods is presented. The diversity values of mycelial fungi detected by culture-dependent (plating) and culture-independent (analyzing DNA isolated directly from the same samples) methods were compared; the Sorensen index of similarity was at the level of 40%. Fungi of different species are able to retain viability in permafrost with the presence of various cryoprotectants. Extremotolerant fungi can develop under these conditions and exhibit a high adaptive potential.

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  1. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Science, 142290, pr Nauki 5, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russian Federation

    Svetlana Ozerskaya, Galina Kochkina & Natalia Ivanushkina

  2. Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290, Insitutskaya 2, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia

    David A. Gilichinsky

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Ozerskaya, S., Kochkina, G., Ivanushkina, N., Gilichinsky, D.A. (2009). Fungi in Permafrost. In: Margesin, R. (eds) Permafrost Soils. Soil Biology, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69371-0_7

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