Cyanobacterial Diversity in Natural and Artificial Microbial Mats of Lake Fryxell (McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica): a Morphological and Molecular Approach

• Published in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Taton, Arnaud, Grubisic, Stana, Brambilla, Evelyne, De Wit, Rutger, Wilmotte, Annick
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2003
• Subjects: Antarctic; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Fryxell; Lake Fryxell; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.69.9.5157-5169.2003; https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.69.9.5157-5169.2003

ABSTRACT Currently, there is no consensus concerning the geographic distribution and extent of endemism in Antarctic cyanobacteria. In this paper we describe the phenotypic and genotypic diversity of cyanobacteria in a field microbial mat sample from Lake Fryxell and in an artificial cold-adapted sa...