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Eukaryotic Life in Extreme Environments: Acidophilic Fungi

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Fungi in Extreme Environments: Ecological Role and Biotechnological Significance

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Although at first the extremophile organisms were only considered as scientific curiosities, their potential in the field of biotechnology is nowadays one of the main reasons for research studies. Acidophilic extremophiles have made it possible to carry out numerous advances in different fields within biotechnology and acidic extreme habitats are large sources of biodiversity and new adaptation mechanisms. In these habitats, evolution works with a special intensity. These environments are extreme, greatly selective, and confined habitats, which constitute a favorable environment for the creation of a unique type of biodiversity and specific adaptation mechanisms in which fungi play an important but poorly understood role. This chapter will review the general trends concerning the diversity and ecophysiology of extremophilic fungi, paying a special attention to acidophilic ones.

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Funding was provided by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity (MINECO) under Grant No. CGL2015-69758.

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Aguilera, A., González-Toril, E. (2019). Eukaryotic Life in Extreme Environments: Acidophilic Fungi. In: Tiquia-Arashiro, S., Grube, M. (eds) Fungi in Extreme Environments: Ecological Role and Biotechnological Significance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19030-9_2

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