Molecular diversity of the microbial community in coloured snow from the Fildes Peninsula (King George Island, Maritime Antarctica)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Luo, Wei, Ding, Haitao, Li, Huirong, Ji, Zhongqiang, Huang, Kaiyao, Zhao, Wenyu, Yu, Yong, Zeng, Yinxin
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: SPRINGER 2020
• Subjects: Snow microbial community; Microbial eukaryotes; Bacteria; Antarctica; Biodiversity & Conservation; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Biodiversity Conservation; Ecology; ARCTIC SNOW; ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CHLOROMONAS; PHYLOGENY; POLAROMONAS; VOLVOCALES; STRESS; LAKES; Arctic; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; King George Island; Antarc*; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://ir.ihb.ac.cn/handle/342005/38498; http://ir.ihb.ac.cn/handle/342005/38499; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02716-0

Snow in Antarctica is a vast terrestrial ecosystem and plays a key role that has likely been underestimated. Algae are the key primary producers on the coloured snow surface, and they support a microbial community that includes bacteria, fungi and/or invertebrates. We analysed microbial communities...