DNA metabarcoding of fungal diversity in air and snow of Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Rosa, Luiz Henrique, Pinto, Otávio Henrique Bezerra, Šantl-Temkiv, Tina, Convey, Peter, Carvalho-Silva, Micheline, Rosa, Carlos Augusto, Câmara, Paulo E. A. S.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
• Subjects: Article; Livingston Island; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7733504/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33311553; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78630-6

We assessed fungal diversity present in air and freshly deposited snow samples obtained from Livingston Island, Antarctica, using DNA metabarcoding through high throughput sequencing (HTS). A total of 740 m(3) of air were pumped through a 0.22 µm membrane. Snow obtained shortly after deposition was...