The BCCM/ULC collection : a Biological Ressource Center for polar cyanobacteria

• Main Authors: Wilmotte, Annick, Renard, Marine, Lara, Yannick, Cornet, Luc, Baurain, Denis, Waleron, Malgorzata, Waleron, Kzryzstof
• Other Authors: Centre for Protein Engineering
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: cyanobacteria; Svalbard; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Life sciences; Microbiology; Sciences du vivant; Microbiologie; Antarc*; Antarctica; Tundra
• Online Access: https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/186129; https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/186129/1/ISPP2015Abstractbccmfinal.pdf

In this study, during the 2013 MicroFun expedition, we sampled 72 locations around Svalbard including diverse biotopes such as glacial forefields, tundra soils, hot springs, soil crusts, microbial mats, wet walls, cryoconites, plankton and periphyton, in order to (1) assess the biodiversity of cyanobacteria around Svalbard, (2) verify the existence of biogeographical trends around the archipelago, and (3) compare these data with other polar (cold) areas, especially Antarctica. We used a pyrosequencing approach targeting cyanobacteria-specific 16S rRNA gene sequences to deeply study the cyanobacterial communities. BIPOLES, PYROCYANO