Lifting the veil on arid-to-hyperarid Antarctic soil microbiomes: a tale of two oases

• Published in: Microbiome
• Main Authors: Eden Zhang, Loïc M. Thibaut, Aleks Terauds, Mark Raven, Mark M. Tanaka, Josie van Dorst, Sin Yin Wong, Sally Crane, Belinda C. Ferrari
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2020
• Subjects: Antarctica; Soil Microbiome; Bacteria; Eukarya; Archaea; Conservation Ecology; Microbial ecology; QR100-130; Antarctic; Vestfold Hills; Vestfold; Windmill Islands; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-020-00809-w; https://doaj.org/article/d3fe1db577044017b36f3637e5b2100e

Abstract Background Resident soil microbiota play key roles in sustaining the core ecosystem processes of terrestrial Antarctica, often involving unique taxa with novel functional traits. However, the full scope of biodiversity and the niche-neutral processes underlying these communities remain uncl...