Taxonomic and functional characterization of a microbial community from a volcanic englacial ecosystem in Deception Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Emma Martinez-Alonso, Sonia Pena-Perez, Sandra Serrano, Eva Garcia-Lopez, Alberto Alcazar, Cristina Cid
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Antarctic; Deception Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47994-9; https://doaj.org/article/f57bbf2e32ef485a8f8316343916418c

Abstract Glaciers are populated by a large number of microorganisms including bacteria, archaea and microeukaryotes. Several factors such as solar radiation, nutrient availability and water content greatly determine the diversity and abundance of these microbial populations, the type of metabolism a...