Environmental control on the distribution of metabolic strategies of benthic microbial mats in Lake Fryxell, Antarctica.

• Main Authors: Dillon, Megan L, Hawes, Ian, Jungblut, Anne D, Mackey, Tyler J, Eisen, Jonathan A, Doran, Peter T, Sumner, Dawn Y
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2020
• Subjects: Bacteria; Oxygen; Phylogeny; Photosynthesis; Geologic Sediments; Antarctic Regions; Metagenome; Carbon Cycle; Lakes; Microbiota; General Science & Technology; Antarctic; Fryxell; Lake Fryxell; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/68h2m436

Ecological theories posit that heterogeneity in environmental conditions greatly affects community structure and function. However, the degree to which ecological theory developed using plant- and animal-dominated systems applies to microbiomes is unclear. Investigating the metabolic strategies foun...