A thin ice layer segregates two distinct fungal communities in Antarctic brines from Tarn Flat (Northern Victoria Land)

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Borruso, Luigimaria, Sannino, Ciro, Selbmann, Laura, Battistel, Dario, Zucconi, Laura, Azzaro, Maurizio, Turchetti, Benedetta, Buzzini, Pietro, Guglielmin, Mauro
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
• Subjects: Article; Antarctic; Tarn Flat; The Antarctic; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5919928/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29700429; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25079-3

Brines are hypersaline solutions which have been found within the Antarctic permafrost from the Tarn Flat area (Northern Victoria Land). Here, an investigation on the possible presence and diversity of fungal life within those peculiar ecosystems has been carried out for the first time. Brines sampl...