Effect of experimentally increased nutrient availability on the structure, metabolic activities, and potential microbial functions of a maritime Antarctic microbial mat

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Antonio Camacho, Carlos Rochera, Antonio Picazo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
• Subjects: microbial mats; Antarctica; inorganic nutrients (N and P); community structural and functional effects; metabarcoding and functional prediction; Microbiology; QR1-502; Antarctic; Byers; Byers peninsula; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.900158; https://doaj.org/article/8ee53aac84ab45489b9f0ec115144049

The role of competitive interactions based on resource utilisation was explored in a phototrophic microbial mat from Byers Peninsula (Maritime Antarctica). Shotgun metagenomic profiling of the mat showed a taxonomic and functionally diverse microbial community. The heterotrophic bacterial community...