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Nina Gunde-Cimerman

Nina Gunde-Cimerman

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
16638
World Ranking
6384
National Ranking
4

Overview

Nina Gunde-Cimerman is affiliated with the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science. Their research also encompasses specific areas such as Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Ecology, Cell Biology, and Pharmacology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of subjects including Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Polar Research and Ecology, Fungal Biology and Applications, as well as Fungal and Yeast Genetics Research and Studies on Fungal Infections.

Frequently appearing as coauthors in their research are Cene Gostinčar, Polona Zalar, Ramón Alberto Batista-García, Monika Novak Babič, and Yordanis Pérez-Llano.

Several publication venues have hosted their work repeatedly, including the Journal of Fungi, Frontiers in Microbiology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Acta Biologica Slovenica.

Among the recent papers published by the researcher are:

  • "Growing a circular economy with fungal biotechnology: a white paper," 2020, Fungal Biology and Biotechnology
  • "Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance and Hemolytic Phenotypes in Culturable Arctic Bacteria," 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Microorganisms populating the water-related indoor biome," 2020, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • "No need for speed: slow development of fungi in extreme environments," 2021, Fungal Biology Reviews
  • "Structural adaptation of fungal cell wall in hypersaline environment," 2023, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Strategies of adaptation of microorganisms of the three domains of life to high salt concentrations.

    Nina Gunde-Cimerman;Ana Plemenitaš;Aharon Oren

  • Mycosporines and mycosporine-like amino acids: UV protectants or multipurpose secondary metabolites?

    Aharon Oren;Nina Gunde-Cimerman

  • Hypersaline waters in salterns - natural ecological niches for halophilic black yeasts.

    Nina Gunde-Cimerman;Polona Zalar;Sybren de Hoog;Ana Plemenitaš

  • Growing a circular economy with fungal biotechnology: a white paper

    Vera Meyer;Evelina Y Basenko;J Philipp Benz;Gerhard H Braus

  • Redefinition of Aureobasidium Pullulans and Its Varieties

    P. Zalar;C. Gostinčar;G.S. de Hoog;V. Uršič

  • Genome sequencing of four Aureobasidium pullulans varieties: biotechnological potential, stress tolerance, and description of new species

    Cene Gostinčar;Robin A Ohm;Tina Kogej;Silva Sonjak

  • Is there a common water-activity limit for the three domains of life?

    Andrew Stevenson;Jonathan A. Cray;Jim P. Williams;Ricardo Santos

  • Halotolerant and halophilic fungi.

    Nina Gunde-Cimerman;Jose Ramos;Ana Plemenitaš

  • Phylogeny and ecology of the ubiquitous saprobe Cladosporium sphaerospermum, with descriptions of seven new species from hypersaline environments

    P. Zalar;G.S. de Hoog;H.-J. Schroers;P.W. Crous

  • Yeast diversity in hypersaline habitats

    L. Butinar;S. Santos;I. Spencer-Martins;A. Oren

  • Dishwashers--a man-made ecological niche accommodating human opportunistic fungal pathogens.

    P. Zalar;M. Novak;G.S. de Hoog;N. Gunde-Cimerman

  • Extremotolerance in fungi: evolution on the edge

    Cene Gostincar;Martin Grube;Sybren de Hoog;Polona Zalar

  • Taxonomy and phylogeny of the xerophilic genus Wallemia (Wallemiomycetes and Wallemiales, cl. et ord. nov.)

    Polona Zalar;G. Sybren de Hoog;Hans-Josef Schroers;John Michael Frank

  • Extremophilic fungi in arctic ice: a relationship between adaptation to low temperature and water activity

    N. Gunde-Cimerman;S. Sonjak;P. Zalar;Jens Christian Frisvad

  • Osmotic adaptation of the halophilic fungus Hortaea werneckii: role of osmolytes and melanization.

    Tina Kogej;Marlene Stein;Marc Volkmann;Anna A. Gorbushina

  • Yeasts in high Arctic glaciers: the discovery of a new habitat for eukaryotic microorganisms

    Lorena Butinar;Isabel Spencer-Martins;Nina Gunde-Cimerman

  • Selective antimicrobial activity of maggots against pathogenic bacteria.

    Domen Jaklič;Aleš Lapanje;Klemen Zupančič;Dragica Smrke

  • Salt-induced changes in lipid composition and membrane fluidity of halophilic yeast-like melanized fungi.

    Martina Turk;Laurence Méjanelle;Marjeta Šentjurc;Joan O. Grimalt

  • Adaptation to life at high salt concentrations in archaea, bacteria, and eukarya

    Nina Gunde-Cimerman;Aharon Oren;Ana Plemenitaš

  • Medicinal Value of the Genus Pleurotus (Fr.) P.Karst. (Agaricales s.l., Basidiomycetes)

    Nina Gunde-Cimerman

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens Christian Frisvad
Jens Christian Frisvad Technical University of Denmark
Aharon Oren
Aharon Oren Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Martin Grube
Martin Grube University of Graz
Sašo Džeroski
Sašo Džeroski Jožef Stefan Institute
Joan O. Grimalt
Joan O. Grimalt Spanish National Research Council
G.S. de Hoog
G.S. de Hoog Radboud University Medical Center
Keith A. Seifert
Keith A. Seifert Carleton University
Robert A. Samson
Robert A. Samson Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Wieland Meyer
Wieland Meyer Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Jos Houbraken
Jos Houbraken Utrecht University

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