Diversity and Effect of Increasing Temperature on the Activity of Methanotrophs in Sediments of Fildes Peninsula Freshwater Lakes, King George Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Roldán, Diego M., Carrizo, Daniel, Sánchez-García, Laura, Menes, Rodolfo Javier
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
• Subjects: Microbiology; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; King George Island; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8969513/; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.822552

Global warming has a strong impact on polar regions. Particularly, the Antarctic Peninsula and nearby islands have experienced a marked warming trend in the past 50 years. Therefore, higher methane (CH(4)) emissions from this area could be expected in the future. Since mitigation of these emissions...