Elevational Constraints on the Composition and Genomic Attributes of Microbial Communities in Antarctic Soils

• Published in: mSystems
• Main Authors: Nicholas B. Dragone, Jessica B. Henley, Hannah Holland-Moritz, Melisa Diaz, Ian D. Hogg, W. Berry Lyons, Diana H. Wall, Byron J. Adams, Noah Fierer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022
• Subjects: Antarctica; microbial ecology; soil microbiology; soils; Microbiology; QR1-502; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Shackleton; Shackleton Glacier; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01330-21; https://doaj.org/article/804d90c4d5c34fb4977c9953d35d5334

ABSTRACT The inland soils found on the Antarctic continent represent one of the more challenging environments for microbial life on Earth. Nevertheless, Antarctic soils harbor unique bacterial and archaeal (prokaryotic) communities able to cope with extremely cold and dry conditions. These communiti...