title: Incorporation of inorganic carbon by Antarctic cryptoendolithic fungi.
abstract: Fungi isolated from the cryptoendolithic community of the Ross Desert are capable of fixing inorganic carbon.  Results suggest that lichen mycobionts and parasymbionts are adapted to different water regimes in the cryptoendolithic environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306-2043, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Friedmann
mesh_terms: D000864:Antarctic Regions; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D003624:Darkness; D003889:Desert Climate; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005658:Fungi / Q000378:metabolism*; D008011:Lichens
chemical_list: D001639:Bicarbonates; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002244:Carbon