DNA metabarcoding of fungal diversity in air and snow of Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Luiz Henrique Rosa, Otávio Henrique Bezerra Pinto, Tina Šantl-Temkiv, Peter Convey, Micheline Carvalho-Silva, Carlos Augusto Rosa, Paulo E. A. S. Câmara
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; South Shetland Islands; Livingston Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78630-6; https://doaj.org/article/4cf6e031d4464d74a37024887aef92ae

Abstract We assessed fungal diversity present in air and freshly deposited snow samples obtained from Livingston Island, Antarctica, using DNA metabarcoding through high throughput sequencing (HTS). A total of 740 m3 of air were pumped through a 0.22 µm membrane. Snow obtained shortly after depositi...