“…The identified fungal genera in the current study coincide with the ones isolated from space stations, such as Penicillium , Aspergillus (Knox et al ., 2016; Checinska Sielaff et al ., 2019), Cladosporium (Novikova, 2004; Novikova et al ., 2006), Rhodotorula (Reidt et al ., 2017; Checinska Sielaff et al ., 2019). Furthermore, the studies have revealed their metal deterioration capacity, e.g., Penicillium (Yang et al ., 1996, 1998; Smirnov et al ., 2008), Aspergillus (Dai et al ., 2017; Jirón-Lazos et al ., 2018), Cladosporium (Yang et al ., 1998), Fusarium (Yang et al ., 1998; Smirnov et al ., 2008). Penicillium and Aspergillus are also studied to be acid-tolerant genera (Kawai et al ., 2000; Glukhova et al ., 2018).…”