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Fungal diversity in deep-sea hydrothermal ecosystems.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 2009
Le Calvez Thomas, Burgaud Gaëtan, Mahé Stéphane, Barbier Georges, Vandenkoornhuyse Philippe
Abstract excerpt
Deep-sea hydrothermal ecosystems are considered oases of life in oceans. Since the discovery of these ecosystems in the late 1970s, many endemic species of Bacteria, Archaea, and other organisms, such as annelids and crabs, have been described. Considerable knowledge has been acquired about the diversity of (micro)organisms in these ecosystems, but the diversity of fungi has not been studied to date. These...
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