Antarctic microfungi as models for exobiology

By S. Onofri, L. Selbmann, L. Zucconi, S. Pagano. 2004

159 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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In Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. L. Zucconi
2. S. Onofri
3. L. Selbmann

In Ecology

1. Martin Grube
2. S. Onofri
3. L. Selbmann

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. S. Onofri
2. L. Selbmann
3. L. Zucconi
4. K. Sterflinger
5. Geoffrey M. Gadd

Citations in the corpus

• Fungi in Antarctica (2007, unknown): “survive in unstable environments (Onofri et al. 2004).”
• Fungi at the edge of life: cryptendolithic black fungi from Antarctic desert (2005, background): “These conditions have been postulated to resemble those prevailing at early Mars, combining extremely low temperatures with extreme dryness and high solar irradiation (Onofri et al. 2004).”
• Evolution and adaptation of fungi at boundaries of life (2007, background): “The Antarctic cryptoendolithic black fungi colonizing environments best resembling those on Mars have been already suggested as the best eukaryotic model for exobiological speculations, although their actual limits of surviving and their tolerance to different stresses were still unknown (Onofri et ”
• Black Yeasts and Meristematic Fungi: Ecology, Diversity and Identification (2006, background): “Amongst other features their cryotolerance is the reason why Antarctic fungi may be promising models to investigate exobiology under present Martian conditions (Onofri et al. 2004).”
• Viability of the lichen Xanthoria elegans and its symbionts after 18 months of space exposure and simulated Mars conditions on the ISS (2014, background): “To assess this resistance in the context of space conditions, numerable exposure- and simulation-experiments were conducted with micro-organisms originating from extreme arid, alpine and polar regions, including bacteria, biofilms, cryptoendolithic fungi and lichen symbioses (Onofri et al. 2004; de ”
• Planetary habitability: lessons learned from terrestrial analogues (2014, unknown): “Analogue for Martian cold and dry deserts; gullies; extremophiles; extreme survival and space mission simulations (Friedmann 1980; Wyn-Williams & Edwards 2000; Onofri et al. 2004; Gilichinsky et al. 2007; Doran et al. 2012)”