Cryomyces minteri
Cryomyces minteri is a fungus of uncertain placement in the class Dothideomycetes, division Ascomycota.[1] The rock-inhabiting fungus that was discovered in the McMurdo Dry Valleys located in Antarctica, on fragments of rock colonized by a local cryptoendolithic community.[2]
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| Cryomyces minteri Selbmann, L.; Hoog, G.S. de; Mazzaglia, A.; Friedmann, E.I.; Onofri, S., 2005 | |
In 2008, Cryomyces minteri and Cryomyces antarcticus were simultaneously tested in low earth orbit conditions on the EXPOSE-E facility on the EuTEF (European Technology Exposure Facility) platform outside the International Space Station for 18 months.
It was also tested in a space vacuum along with polychromatic UV radiation to simulate a Martian environment. The two fungi survived both of the simulations.[3]
References
- P.W., Crous. "Catalogue of Life : Cryomyces minteri Selbmann, de Hoog, Mazzaglia, Friedmann & Onofri, 2005". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- Wall, Mike (January 29, 2016). "Fungi Survive Mars-Like Conditions On Space Station". Space. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- Onofri S, Barreca D, Selbmann L, Isola D, Rabbow E, Horneck G, de Vera JP, Hatton J, Zucconi L (2008). "Resistance of Antarctic black fungi and cryptoendolithic communities to simulated space and Martian conditions". Studies in Mycology. 61: 99–109. doi:10.3114/sim.2008.61.10. PMC 2610303. PMID 19287532.
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