Characterization of bacterial communities in lithobionts and soil niches from Victoria Valley, Antarctica

• Published in: FEMS Microbiology Ecology
• Main Authors: Van Goethem, Marc W., Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Valverde, Angel, Cary, Stephen Craig, Cowan, Don A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2016
• Subjects: Antarctica; Bacteria; Cyanobacteria; Endolith; Hypolith; Soil; Victoria Valley; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/55751; https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiw051

Here we provide the first exploration of microbial diversity from three distinct Victoria Valley edaphic habitats, namely lithobionts (hypoliths, endoliths) and surface soils. Using a combination of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis and 16S rRNA gene amplicon pyrose...