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
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2021
• Subjects: Research; Ace Lake; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8620254/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34823595; 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...