Prokaryotic diversity and biogeochemical characteristics of benthic microbial ecosystems from James Ross Archipelago (West Antarctica)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Fernández, Guillermo César, Lecomte, Karina Leticia, Vignoni, Paula, Soto Rueda, Eliana Marcela, Coria, Silvia Herminda, Lirio, Juan Manuel, Mlewski, Estela Cecilia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: 16S RRNA GENES; ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ARCHIPELAGO; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL MATS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; West Antarctica; Ross Island; Roja; Vega Island; Ross Archipelago; Antarc*; Antarctica; James Ross Island; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/193950

The James Ross archipelago houses numerous lakes and ponds. In this region, a vast diatom and cyanobacterial variety has been reported; however, the prokaryotic diversity in microbial mats from these lakes remains poorly explored. Here, a high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA gene in microbial mats...