Fungal Diversity in a Dark Oligotrophic Volcanic Ecosystem (DOVE) on Mount Erebus, Antarctica

• Published in: Biology
• Main Authors: Laurie Connell, Hubert Staudigel
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2013
• Subjects: Antarctica; fungal community; volcano; Mt. Erebus; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Mount Erebus; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/biology2020798

Fumarolic Ice caves on Antarctica’s Mt. Erebus contain a dark oligotrophic volcanic ecosystem (DOVE) and represent a deep biosphere habitat that can provide insight into microbial communities that utilize energy sources other than photosynthesis. The community assembly and role of fungi in these env...