Unrecognized diversity and distribution of soil algae from Maritime Antarctica (Fildes Peninsula, King George Island)

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Rybalka, Nataliya, Blanke, Matthias, Tzvetkova, Ana, Noll, Angela, Roos, Christian, Boy, Jens, Boy, Diana, Nimptsch, Daniel, Godoy, Roberto, Friedl, Thomas
• Other Authors: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; King George Island; Plateau Mountain; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1118747; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1118747/full

Introduction Eukaryotic algae in the top few centimeters of fellfield soils of ice-free Maritime Antarctica have many important effects on their habitat, such as being significant drivers of organic matter input into the soils and reducing the impact of wind erosion by soil aggregate formation. To b...