16S rRNA gene and 18S rRNA gene diversity in microbial mat communities in meltwater ponds on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Jackson, Eleanor E., Hawes, Ian, Jungblut, Anne D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Antarctic; Victoria Land; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-021-02843-2; http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00300-021-02843-2.pdf; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-021-02843-2/fulltext.html

Abstract The undulating ice of the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Southern Victoria Land, supports one of the largest networks of ice-based, multiyear meltwater pond habitats in Antarctica, where microbial mats are abundant and contribute most of the biomass and biodiversity. We used 16S rRNA and 18S rRNA gene...