Early diverging lineages within Cryptomycota and Chytridiomycota dominate the fungal communities in ice-covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Keilor Rojas-Jimenez, Christian Wurzbacher, Elizabeth Charlotte Bourne, Amy Chiuchiolo, John C. Priscu, Hans-Peter Grossart
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Antarctic; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Miers; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15598-w; https://doaj.org/article/1865f34bf56749e6abceae9f8bbdd96e

Abstract Antarctic ice-covered lakes are exceptional sites for studying the ecology of aquatic fungi under conditions of minimal human disturbance. In this study, we explored the diversity and community composition of fungi in five permanently covered lake basins located in the Taylor and Miers Vall...