Table 2.
Physiological profiles of Antarctic strains.
| Species | Strain no. | Cultural preferences | Thermal preferences (° C) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDA | MEA | CzA | OA | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 35 | ||
| Recurvomyces mirabilis | CBS 119434 | 1.5±0.14 | 1.8±0.14 | 0.5±0.14 | 1.65±0.07 | 0.45±0.07 | 0.8±0.2 | 1.5±0.26 | 1.9±0.26 | 0.78±0.2 | - | - | - |
| Elasticomyces elasticus | CBS 122538 | 1.7±0.2 | 1.5±0.14 | 0.5±0.14 | 1.5±0.14 | 0.82±0.064 | 0.64±0.079 | 1.2±0.2 | 1.6±0.26 | 1.54±0.09 | 0.95 ±0.15 | - | - |
| CBS 122539 | 1.5±0.1 | 1.43±0.15 | 0.3±0.02 | 1.23±0.2 | 0.77±0.1 | 0.6±0.2 | 1.1±0 | 1.5±0.14 | 1.2±0.2 | 0.6±0.2 | - | - | |
| CBS 122540 | 1.0±0.2 | 1.1±0.1 | 0.2±0.02 | 1.0±0.2 | 0.72±0.1 | 0.5±0.14 | 1.13±0.2 | 1.4±0.17 | 1.2±0.2 | 0.8±0.08 | - | - | |
Cultural and thermal preferences reported as diameter of the colonies (cm), after two mos of incubation. The values represent the average of three different tests. Plates for cultural preferences were incubated at 10 °C for strain CBS 119434 and at 20 °C for strains CBS 122538, 122539 and 122540; plates for temperature preferences were seeded on MEA; - = no growth.