Buchalo, Asya S. and Nevo, Eviatar and Wasser, Solomon P. and Oren, Aharon and Molitoris, Hans P. (1998) Fungal life in the extremely hypersaline water of the Dead Sea: first records. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 265 (1404). pp. 1461-1465. ISSN 0962-8452, 1471-2954
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The first report, to our knowledge, on the occurrence of filamentous fungi in the hypersaline (340 g salt l(-1)) Dead Sea is presented. Three species of filamentous fungi from surface water samples of the Dead Sea were isolated: Gymnascella marismortui (Ascomycota), which is described as a new species, Ulocladium chlamydosporum and Penicillium westlingii (Deuteromycota), G. marismortui and U. chlamydosporum grew on media containing up to 50% Dead Sea water. G. marismortui was found to be an obligate halophile growing optimally in the presence of 0.5-2 M nTaCl or 10-30% (by volume) of Dead Sea water. Isolated cultures did not grow on agar media without salt, but grew on agar prepared with up to 50% Dead Sea water. This suggests that they may be adapted to life in the extremely stressful hypersaline Dead Sea.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | fungi; obligate halophile; Dead Sea |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 580 Botanical sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften > Alumni or Retired > Prof. Dr. Hans Peter Molitoris |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Feb 2023 08:54 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Feb 2023 08:54 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/49607 |
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