Influence of the polar light cycle on seasonal dynamics of an Antarctic lake microbial community

• Published in: Microbiome
• Main Authors: Panwar, P, Allen, MA, Williams, TJ, Hancock, A, Brazendale, S, Bevington, J, Roux, S, Paez-Espino, D, Nayfach, S, Berg, M, Schulz, F, Chen, IMA, Huntemann, M, Shapiro, N, Kyrpides, NC, Woyke, T, Eloe-Fadrosh, EA, Cavicchioli, R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2020
• Subjects: microbiomes; Antarctic; lake; microbial; light cycle; Antarctic microbiology; polar light cycle; metagenome time series; host-virus interactions; meromictic lake; microbial food web; green sulfur bacteria; phototroph; Ace Lake; East Antarctica; Southern Ocean; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/36518/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/36518/1/142936%20-%20Influence%20of%20the%20polar%20light%20cycle%20on%20seasonal%20dynamics%20of%20an%20Antarctic%20lake.pdf

Background Cold environments dominate the Earth’s biosphere and microbial activity drives ecosystem processes thereby contributing greatly to global biogeochemical cycles. Polar environments differ to all other cold environments by experiencing 24-h sunlight in summer and no sunlight in winter. The...