Extremophilic microorganisms in Central Europe

Zgonik, Vera (author), Mulec, Janez (author), Eleršek, Tina (author), Ogrinc, Nives (author), Jamnik, Polona (author), Poklar Ulrih, Nataša (author)

Extremophiles inhabit a wide variety of environments. Here we focus on extremophiles in moderate climates in central Europe, and particularly in Slovenia. Although multiple types of stress often occur in the same habitat, extremophiles are generally combined into groups according to the main stressor to which they are adapted. Several types of extremophiles, e.g., oligotrophs, are well represented and diverse in subsurface environments and karst regions. Psychrophiles thrive in ice caves and depressions with eternal snow and ice, with several globally distributed snow algae and psychrophilic bacteria that have been discovered in alpine glaciers. However, this area requires further research. Halophiles thrive in salterns while thermophiles inhabit thermal springs, although there is little data on such microorganisms in central Europe, despite many taxa being found globally. This review also includes the potential use of extremophiles in biotechnology and bioremediation applications.

• Language: English
• Keywords: extremophiles, oligotrophs, psychrophiles, halophiles, thermophiles, Central Europe, karst, extremophile, saltern, sulphidic spring
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
• Organization: BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: 24 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 9, iss. 11, art. 2326
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-136416
• UDC: 579.26:577.1/.3
• ISSN on article: 2076-2607
• DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9112326
• COBISS.SI-ID: 84497923
• Publication date in RUL: 03.05.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Microorganisms
• Shortened title: Microorganisms
• Publisher: MDPI AG
• ISSN: 2076-2607
• COBISS.SI-ID: 523277081

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 10.11.2021

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: ekstremofilni mikroorganizmi, mikrobna ekologija, ekstremofili, oligotrofi, psihrofili, halofili, termofili

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P4-0121
• Name: Biokemijska in biofizikalno-kemijska karakterizacija naravnih snovi

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: J4-1773
• Name: Mlečnokislinska fermentacija kot način obogatitve mikroalgne biomase z novimi nutrienti