Low cyanobacterial diversity in biotopes of the Transantarctic Mountains and Shackleton Range (80-82 degrees S), Antarctica

• Published in: FEMS Microbiology Ecology
• Main Authors: Fernandez-Carazo, Rafael, Hodgson, Dominic A., Convey, Peter, Wilmotte, Annick
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2011
• Subjects: Biology and Microbiology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Shackleton; Transantarctic Mountains; Shackleton Range; Forlidas Pond; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/15172/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01132.x/abstract

The evolutionary history and geographical isolation of the Antarctic continent have produced a unique environment rich in endemic organisms. In many regions of Antarctica, cyanobacteria are the dominant phototrophs in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. We have used microscopic and molecular ap...