Diversity of toxin and non-toxin containing cyanobacterial mats of meltwater ponds on the Antarctic Peninsula: a pyrosequencing approach

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Kleinteich, Julia, Hildebrand, Falk, Wood, Susie, Cirés, Samuel, Agha, Ramsy, Quesada, Antonio, Pearce, David, Convey, Peter, Küpper, Frithjof, Dietrich, Daniel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2014
• Subjects: C500 Microbiology; F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Adelaide Island; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/16958/; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102014000145; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/16958/1/-ANS-S0954102014000145a.pdf

Despite their pivotal role as primary producers, there is little information as to the diversity and physiology of cyanobacteria in the meltwater ecosystems of polar regions. Thirty cyanobacterial mats from Adelaide Island, Antarctica were investigated using 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing and automate...