Microbiomic Analysis of Bacteria Associated with Rock Tripe Lichens in Continental and Maritime Antarctic Regions

• Published in: Journal of Fungi
• Main Authors: Zichen He, Takeshi Naganuma, Ryosuke Nakai, Satoshi Imura, Megumu Tsujimoto, Peter Convey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: Umbilicaria; Antarctica; rRNA gene; V3-V4 region; MiSeq; OTUs; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Antarctic; Signy Island; South Orkney Islands; Syowa Station; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8080817; https://doaj.org/article/8a69a5a8362744698377307976c00e82

Increased research attention is being given to bacterial diversity associated with lichens. Rock tripe lichens ( Umbilicariaceae ) were collected from two distinct Antarctic biological regions, the continental region near the Japanese Antarctic station (Syowa Station) and the maritime Antarctic Sout...