Environmental control on the distribution of metabolic strategies of benthic microbial mats in Lake Fryxell, Antarctica

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Dillon, ML, Hawes, I, Jungblut, Anne D., Mackey, TJ, Eisen, JA, Doran, PT, Sumner, DY
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020
• Subjects: Lakes; Photosynthesis; Phylogenetics; Microbial ecosystems; Oxygen; Marker genes; Sulfates; Nitrogen fixation; Dillon; Fryxell; Lake Fryxell; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622719; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231053

na Ecological theories posit that heterogeneity in environmental conditions greatly affects community structure and function. However, the degree to which ecological theory developed using plant- and animal-dominated systems applies to microbiomes is unclear. Investigating the metabolic strategies f...