| fungal life in the dead sea. | the waters of the dead sea currently contain about 348 g/l salts (2 m mg(2+), 0.5 m ca(2+), 1.5 m na(+), 0.2 m k(+), 6.5 m cl(-), 0.1 m br(-)). the ph is about 6.0. after rainy winters the surface waters become diluted, triggering development of microbial blooms. the 1980 and 1992 blooms were dominated by the unicellular green alga dunaliella and red archaea. at least 70 species (in 26 genera) of oomycota (chromista), mucoromycotina, ascomycota, and basidiomycota (fungi) were isolated from near- ... | 2012 | 22222829 |
| fungal life in the extremely hypersaline water of the dead sea: first records. | the first report, to our knowledge, on the occurrence of filamentous fungi in the hypersaline (340 g salt l-1) dead sea is presented. three species of filamentous fungi from surface water samples of the dead sea were isolated: gymnascella marismortui (ascomycota), which is described as a new species, ulocladium chlamydosporum and penicillium westlingii (deuteromycota). g. marismortui and u. chlamydosporum grew on media containing up to 50% dead sea water. g. marismortui was found to be an obliga ... | 1998 | 9721690 |