DNA metabarcoding of fungal diversity in air and snow of Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Rosa, Luiz Henrique, Pinto, Otávio Henrique Bezerra, Šantl-Temkiv, Tina, Convey, Peter, Carvalho-Silva, Micheline, Rosa, Carlos Augusto, Câmara, Paulo E. A. S.
• Other Authors: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais, National Eye Research Centre
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
• Subjects: Multidisciplinary; Livingston Island; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78630-6; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-78630-6.pdf; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-78630-6

Abstract We assessed fungal diversity present in air and freshly deposited snow samples obtained from Livingston Island, Antarctica, using DNA metabarcoding through high throughput sequencing (HTS). A total of 740 m 3 of air were pumped through a 0.22 µm membrane. Snow obtained shortly after deposit...