Cyanobacterial Diversity in Natural and Artificial Microbial Mats of Lake Fryxell (McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica): a Morphological and Molecular Approach

• Published in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Taton, Arnaud, Grubisic, Stana, Brambilla, Evelyne, De Wit, Rutger, Wilmotte, Annick
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2003
• Subjects: Microbial Ecology; Antarctic; Fryxell; Lake Fryxell; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC194958; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12957897; https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.69.9.5157-5169.2003

Currently, there is no consensus concerning the geographic distribution and extent of endemism in Antarctic cyanobacteria. In this paper we describe the phenotypic and genotypic diversity of cyanobacteria in a field microbial mat sample from Lake Fryxell and in an artificial cold-adapted sample cult...