Early diverging lineages within Cryptomycota and Chytridiomycota dominate the fungal communities in ice-covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Rojas-Jimenez, Keilor, Wurzbacher, Christian, Bourne, Elizabeth Charlotte, Chiuchiolo, Amy, Priscu, John C., Grossart, Hans-Peter F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Institut für Biochemie und Biologie; Antarctic; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Miers; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/opus4-ubp/frontdoor/index/index/docId/46178; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15598-w

Antarctic ice-covered lakes are exceptional sites for studying the ecology of aquatic fungi under conditions of minimal human disturbance. In this study, we explored the diversity and community composition of fungi in five permanently covered lake basins located in the Taylor and Miers Valleys of An...