Differential Colonization and Succession of Microbial Communities in Rock and Soil Substrates on a Maritime Antarctic Glacier Forefield

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Isaac Garrido-Benavent, Sergio Pérez-Ortega, Jorge Durán, Carmen Ascaso, Stephen B. Pointing, Ricardo Rodríguez-Cielos, Francisco Navarro, Asunción de los Ríos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: Antarctica; Livingston Island; algae; bacteria; fungi; geomicrobiology; Microbiology; QR1-502; Antarctic; Hurd; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00126; https://doaj.org/article/258e2241846542de87795727c652d72e

Glacier forefields provide a unique chronosequence to assess microbial or plant colonization and ecological succession on previously uncolonized substrates. Patterns of microbial succession in soils of alpine and subpolar glacier forefields are well documented but those affecting high polar systems,...