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Psychrotrophic Microfungi: Major Habitats, Diversity and Living Strategies

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Ecology of extreme cold areas with subzero temperatures at least in some part of the year is the subject of interest. Microfungi from these areas show special morphological and physiological adaptations to avoid cold stresses. Some of them are endemic, but majority are cosmopolitan in distribution. Except for a few, mostly fungi from these areas show a wide range of growth temperatures.

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Choudhary, K. et al. (2022). Psychrotrophic Microfungi: Major Habitats, Diversity and Living Strategies. In: Sahay, S. (eds) Extremophilic Fungi. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4907-3_6

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