Remarkably coherent population structure for a dominant Antarctic Chlorobium species

• Published in: Microbiome
• Main Authors: Pratibha Panwar, Michelle A. Allen, Timothy J. Williams, Sabrina Haque, Sarah Brazendale, Alyce M. Hancock, David Paez-Espino, Ricardo Cavicchioli
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic microbiology; Green sulphur bacteria; Chlorobi; Vitamin B12; Metagenome-assembled genomes; Phylotype; Microbial ecology; QR100-130; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Vestfold Hills; Vestfold; Ace Lake; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-021-01173-z; https://doaj.org/article/1a7f88f0b8a046659544a26a77333b29

Abstract Background In Antarctica, summer sunlight enables phototrophic microorganisms to drive primary production, thereby “feeding” ecosystems to enable their persistence through the long, dark winter months. In Ace Lake, a stratified marine-derived system in the Vestfold Hills of East Antarctica,...