Endolithic Bacterial Diversity in Lichen-Dominated Communities Is Shaped by Sun Exposure in McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

• Published in: Microbial Ecology
• Main Authors: Mezzasoma, Ambra, Coleine, Claudia, Sannino, Ciro, Selbmann, Laura
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: Soil Science; Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Antarctic; Knobhead; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Siegfried Peak; University Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-021-01769-w; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00248-021-01769-w.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00248-021-01769-w/fulltext.html

Abstract The diversity and composition of endolithic bacterial diversity of several locations in McMurdo Dry Valleys (Continental Antarctica) were explored using amplicon sequencing, targeting the V3 and V4 of the 16S region. Despite the increasing interest in edaphic factors that drive bacterial co...