| fungi associated with rocks of the atacama desert: taxonomy, distribution, diversity, ecology and bioprospection for bioactive compounds. | this study assessed the diversity of cultivable rock-associated fungi from atacama desert. a total of 81 fungal isolates obtained were identified as 29 ascomycota taxa by sequencing different regions of dna. cladosporium halotolerans, penicillium chrysogenum and penicillium cf. citrinum were the most frequent species, which occur at least in four different altitudes. the diversity and similarity indices ranged in the fungal communities across the latitudinal gradient. the fisher-α index displaye ... | 2016 | 26235221 |