Bioweathering potential of cultivable fungi associated with semi-arid surface microhabitats of Mayan buildings

Bioweathering potential of cultivable fungi associated with semi-arid surface microhabitats of Mayan buildings

Soil and rock surfaces support microbial communities involved in mineral weathering processes. Using selective isolation, fungi were obtained from limestone surfaces of Mayan monuments in the semi-arid climate at Yucatan, Mexico. A total of 101 isolates representing 53 different taxa were studied. C...

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Main Authors: Benjamín Otto Ortega Morales, José eNarváez Zapata, Manuela eReyes-Estebanez, Patricia eQuintana, Susana Del Carmen De La Rosa-García, Heather eBullen, Sergio eGómez-Cornelio, Manuel Jesus Chan-Bacab
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Fungi
Biological weathering
Semi-arid climate
Epilithic biofilms
surface microhabitat
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00201/full

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