Elevational Constraints on the Composition and Genomic Attributes of Microbial Communities in Antarctic Soils

• Published in: mSystems
• Main Authors: Dragone, Nicholas B., Henley, Jessica B., Holland-Moritz, Hannah, Diaz, Melisa, Hogg, Ian D., Lyons, W. Berry, Wall, Diana H., Adams, Byron J., Fierer, Noah
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022
• Subjects: Research Article; Antarctic; Shackleton; Shackleton Glacier; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8765064/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35040702; https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01330-21

The inland soils found on the Antarctic continent represent one of the more challenging environments for microbial life on Earth. Nevertheless, Antarctic soils harbor unique bacterial and archaeal (prokaryotic) communities able to cope with extremely cold and dry conditions. These communities are no...