Diversity of Microbial Eukaryotes Along the West Antarctic Peninsula in Austral Spring

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Jean-David Grattepanche, Wade H. Jeffrey, Rebecca J. Gast, Robert W. Sanders
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
• Subjects: picoplankton; nanoplankton; microplankton; Antarctic protists; high-throughput sequencing; RNA community; Microbiology; QR1-502; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.844856; https://doaj.org/article/a555d6d07d6a498ca1e5fe21aebf3aef

During a cruise from October to November 2019, along the West Antarctic Peninsula, between 64.32 and 68.37°S, we assessed the diversity and composition of the active microbial eukaryotic community within three size fractions: micro- (> 20 μm), nano- (20–5 μm), and pico-size fractions (5–0.2 μm)....