These metabolic products are mainly used in the biodegradation processes of environmental pollutants, such as crude oil and its products found in industrial water and wastewater (Gulzar et al., 2017). The biosorption and bioleaching of heavy metals and toxic elements from solutions and soils are key processes in bioremediation (Acosta-Rodriguez et al., 2018; Xinhui et al., 2018). This means the treatment of contaminated water, soil and subsurface material by altering environmental conditions to stimulate the growth of microorganisms can degrade the target pollutants. Among the most commonly applied species or strains or certain types of microscopic f ilamentous fungi in these processes were those that were isolated from the contaminated environment. They are expected to be more effective than species or strains isolated from an uncontaminated environmental source (Hindersah et al., 2018). According to Chávez et al. (2015), the potential for the discovery of novel metabolites in microscopic filamentous fungi is huge. In this context, fungi thriving in harsh environments are of particular interest, since they are outstanding producers of unusual chemical structures.