Diversity of Microbial Eukaryotes Along the West Antarctic Peninsula in Austral Spring

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Grattepanche, Jean-David, Jeffrey, Wade H., Gast, Rebecca J., Sanders, Robert W.
• Other Authors: Division of Antarctic Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2022
• Subjects: Microbiology (medical); Microbiology; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.844856; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.844856/full

During a cruise from October to November 2019, along the West Antarctic Peninsula, between 64.32 and 68.37°S, we assessed the diversity and composition of the active microbial eukaryotic community within three size fractions: micro- (> 20 μm), nano- (20–5 μm), and pico-size fractions (5–0.2 μ...