Remarkably coherent population structure for a dominant Antarctic Chlorobium species

• Published in: Microbiome
• Main Authors: Panwar, Pratibha, Allen, Michelle A., Williams, Timothy J., Haque, Sabrina, Brazendale, Sarah, Hancock, Alyce M., Paez-Espino, David, Cavicchioli, Ricardo
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Ace Lake; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1904122; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1904122; https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-021-01173-z

Background: In Antarctica, summer sunlight enables phototrophic microorganisms to drive primary production, thereby “feeding” ecosystems to enable their persistence through the long, dark winter months. In Ace Lake, a stratified marine-derived system in the Vestfold Hills of East Antarctica, a Chlor...