Endolithic microbial composition in Helliwell Hills, a newly investigated Mars-like area in Antarctica

• Published in: Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Coleine, Claudia, Biagioli, Federico, de Vera, Jean Pierre, Onofri, Silvano, Selbmann, Laura
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; Victoria Land; Helliwell Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2067/45929; https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15419; https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85100991349

The diversity and composition of Antarctic cryptoendolithic microbial communities in the Mars-analogue site of Helliwell Hills (Northern Victoria Land, Continental Antarctica) are investigated, for the first time, applying both culture-dependent and high-throughput sequencing approaches. The study i...