TY - JOUR N2 - During three austral summer seasons, dust and soil from clothes, boots and equipment of members of scientific expeditions and tourists visiting the Polish Antarctic Station Henryk Arctowski were collected and analysed for the presence of fungal propagules. Of a total of 60 samples, 554 colonies of fungi belonging to 19 genera were identified. Colonies of the genus Cladosporium , Penicillium and non−sporulating fungus ( Mycelia sterilia ) dominated in the examined samples. The microbiological assessment of air for the presence of fungi was also conducted at two points in the station building and two others outside the station. A total of 175 fungal colonies belonging to six genera were isolated. Colonies of the genus Penicillium were the commonest in the air samples. The potential epidemiological consequences for indigenous species as a result of unintentional transport of fungal propagules to the Antarctic biome are discussed in the light of rapid climate change in some parts of the Ant − arctic and adaptation of fungi to extreme conditions. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/99552/PDF/popore-2013-0015.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/99552 PY - 2013 IS - No 3 EP - 278 DO - 10.2478/popore−2013−0015 KW - Antarctic KW - fungal propagules KW - unintentional transport A1 - Olech, Maria A1 - Chwedorzewska, Katarzyna J. A1 - Augustyniuk-Kram, Anna A1 - Lityńska-Zając, Maria A1 - Korczak-Abshire, Małgorzata PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research DA - 2013 T1 - An analysis of fungal propagules transported to the Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station SP - 269 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/99552 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -