Soil Fungal Diversity and Ecology Assessed Using DNA Metabarcoding along a Deglaciated Chronosequence at Clearwater Mesa, James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Biology
• Main Authors: Vivian N. Gonçalves, Juan M. Lirio, Silvia H. Coria, Fabyano A. C. Lopes, Peter Convey, Fábio S. de Oliveira, Micheline Carvalho-Silva, Paulo E. A. S. Câmara, Luiz H. Rosa
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Antarctica; extremophiles; environmental DNA; fungi; metabarcoding; taxonomy; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Clearwater Mesa; Ross Island; Antarc*; James Ross Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12020275

We studied the fungal diversity present in soils sampled along a deglaciated chronosequence from para- to periglacial conditions on James Ross Island, north-east Antarctic Peninsula, using DNA metabarcoding. A total of 88 amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) were detected, dominated by the phyla Ascomy...