Metatranscriptomes reveal functional variation in diatom communities from the Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: The ISME Journal
• Main Authors: Pearson, Gareth, Lago-Lestón, Asunción, Canovas, Fernando, Cox, C. J., Verret, Frédéric, Lasternas, Sebastian, Duarte, Carlos M., Agusti, Susana, Serrao, Ester A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Society for Microbial Ecology 2015
• Subjects: Thalassiosira-pseudonana bacillariophyceae; Photosynthetic energy-conversion; Sea-ice diatoms; Phaeodactylum-tricornutum; Southern-ocean; Phytoplankton biomass; Marine-phytoplankton; Pelagic ecosystems; Extreme conditions; Protein-synthesis; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bellingshausen Sea; Bransfield Strait; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Wilkins; Wilkins Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; International Polar Year; IPY; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11838; https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.40

Functional genomics of diatom-dominated communities from the Antarctic Peninsula was studied using comparative metatranscriptomics. Samples obtained from diatom-rich communities in the Bransfield Strait, the western Weddell Sea and sea ice in the Bellingshausen Sea/Wilkins Ice Shelf yielded more tha...