Seasonality Is the Main Determinant of Microbial Diversity Associated to Snow/Ice around Concordia Station on the Antarctic Polar Plateau

• Published in: Biology
• Main Authors: Gerardo A. Stoppiello, Claudia Coleine, Ralf Moeller, Caterina Ripa, Daniela Billi, Laura Selbmann
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic Polar Plateau; extremophiles; life detection; fungi; bacteria; amplicon sequencing; extraterrestrial analogue; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Concordia Station; Polar Plateau; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12091193

The French–Italian Concordia Research Station, situated on the Antarctic Polar Plateau at an elevation of 3233 m above sea level, offers a unique opportunity to study the presence and variation of microbes introduced by abiotic or biotic vectors and, consequently, appraise the amplitude of human imp...