Biodiversity and Abundance of Cultured Microfungi from the Permanently Ice-Covered Lake Fryxell, Antarctica

• Published in: Life
• Main Authors: Laurie Connell, Benjamin Segee, Regina Redman, Russell J. Rodriguez, Hubert Staudigel
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; fungi; Lake Fryxell; permanently ice-covered lakes; extreme habitats; Austral; Fryxell; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/life8030037

In this work, we explore the biodiversity of culturable microfungi from the water column of a permanently ice-covered lake in Taylor Valley, Antarctica from austral field seasons in 2003, 2008 and 2010, as well as from glacial stream input (2010). The results revealed that there was a sharp decline...