Endolithic Bacterial Diversity in Lichen-Dominated Communities Is Shaped by Sun Exposure in McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

• Published in: Microbial Ecology
• Main Authors: Mezzasoma, Ambra, Coleine, Claudia, Sannino, Ciro, Selbmann, Laura
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic cryptoendolithic communities; Bacteria; Extreme environments; Southern Victoria Land; Sun exposure; Antarctic; Knobhead; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Siegfried Peak; University Valley; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11391/1586201; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-021-01769-w

The diversity and composition of endolithic bacterial diversity of several locations in McMurdo Dry Valleys (Continental Antarctica) were explored using amplicon sequencing, targeting the V3 and V4 of the 16S region. Despite the increasing interest in edaphic factors that drive bacterial community c...