Large Enrichment of Anthropogenic Organic Matter Degrading Bacteria in the Sea-Surface Microlayer at Coastal Livingston Island (Antarctica)

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Alícia Martinez-Varela, Gemma Casas, Benjamin Piña, Jordi Dachs, Maria Vila-Costa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: sea-surface microlayer; microbial communities; organic pollutants; surfactants; amplicon sequencing; bacterioneuston; Microbiology; QR1-502; Austral; Livingston Island; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.571983; https://doaj.org/article/278b55946f3a442e99135b094d60c490

The composition of bacteria inhabiting the sea-surface microlayer (SML) is poorly characterized globally and yet undescribed for the Southern Ocean, despite their relevance for the biogeochemistry of the surface ocean. We report the abundances and diversity of bacteria inhabiting the SML and the sub...