042 | Functional screening of polar lake fungal isolates reveals region-specific hydrolytic signatures: Aurora Lo Bue1, Alessandro Ciro Rappazzo2, Filomena De Leo1, Angelina Lo Giudice2, Maurizio Azzaro2, Maria Papale2 | 1University of Messina; 2Institute of Polar Sciences, National Research Council CNR-ISP, Italy. (2026). Journal of Biological Research - Bollettino Della Società Italiana Di Biologia Sperimentale, 99(s1). https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2026.15294