Evidence of global-scale aeolian dispersal and endemism in isolated geothermal microbial communities of Antarctica

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Herbold, Craig W., Lee, Charles Kai-Wu, McDonald, Ian R., Cary, S. Craig
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP 2014
• Subjects: Science & Technology; Multidisciplinary Sciences; Science & Technology - Other Topics; RIBOSOMAL-RNA GENES; CYANOBACTERIUM MASTIGOCLADUS-LAMINOSUS; NORTHERN VICTORIA-LAND; MOUNT EREBUS; HOT-SPRINGS; DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS; MT EREBUS; BACTERIA; MICROORGANISMS; SOIL; Mount Erebus; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/9399; https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4875

New evidence in aerobiology challenges the assumption that geographical isolation is an effective barrier to microbial transport. However, given the uncertainty with which aerobiological organisms are recruited into existing communities, the ultimate impact of microbial dispersal is difficult to ass...