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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2026

Carbon and nitrogen availability affects biofilm growth and morphology of the extremotolerant fungus

Abolfazl Dehkohneh, Julia Schumacher, Bastiaan J R Cockx, Karin Keil, Tessa Camenzind, Jan-Ulrich Kreft, Anna A Gorbushina, Ruben Gerrits

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Abolfazl DehkohnehDepartment of Materials and the Environment, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7721-3819
Julia SchumacherDepartment of Materials and the Environment, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9120-9675
Bastiaan J R CockxDepartment of Materials and the Environment, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3751-0771
Karin KeilDepartment of Analytical Chemistry, Reference Materials, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin, Germany.
Tessa CamenzindDepartment of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5025-2976
Jan-Ulrich KreftSchool of Biosciences & Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-2351-224X
Anna A GorbushinaDepartment of Materials and the Environment, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7685-7797
Ruben GerritsDepartment of Materials and the Environment, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7906-9446

Funding

Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -Prüfung Adolf Martens FellowshipBundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -Prüfung Ideas: Develop Program (Call 2021,IE2112
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rock-inhabiting fungi thrive in subaerial oligotrophic environments, such as desert rocks, solar panels, and marble monuments, where organic carbon and nitrogen are scarce. We tested whether the rock-inhabiting fungus IMPORTANCE: Since their discovery in the 1980s, extremotolerant fungi have been shown to inhabit desert rocks and coastal salterns, deteriorate marble monuments, weather minerals, colonize solar panels, and positively interact with cyanobacteria, algae, and plant microbiomes. These fungi endure sudden shifts in temperature and water availability, as well as intense sunlight, while persisting on very low nutrient levels. Despite their ecological relevance, their biology remains underexplored. The black fungus

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AscomycotaBiofilmsCarbonNitrogenBiomassMelaninsCarbonMelaninsNitrogenAscomycotablack yeastextremophilegrowth physiologymelaninrock-inhabiting fungisubaerial biofilms

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PMID42663482
PMCPMC13599489

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