Uncovered Microbial Diversity in Antarctic Cryptoendolithic Communities Sampling Three Representative Locations of the Victoria Land

• Main Authors: Coleine, Claudia, Pombubpa, Nuttapon, Zucconi, Laura, Onofri, Silvano, Turchetti, Benedetta, Buzzini, Pietro, Stajich, Jason E, Selbmann, Laura
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2020
• Subjects: Life on Land; Antarctica; endolithic communities; habitat; sampling effort; fungi; bacteria; amplicon sequencing; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Victoria Land; New Zealand; Battleship; Battleship Promontory; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6jr1n4j7

The endolithic niche represents an ultimate refuge to microorganisms in the Mars-like environment of the Antarctic desert. In an era of rapid global change and desertification, the interest in these border ecosystems is increasing due to speculation on how they maintain balance and functionality at...