Paulo E A S Câmara, Graciéle C A de Menezes, Fabyano A C Lopes, Thiago da Silva Paiva, Micheline Carvalho-Silva, Peter Convey, Eduardo T Amorim, Luiz H Rosa
Snow is a unique microhabitat, despite being a harsh environment, multiple life forms have adapted to survive in it. While algae, bacteria and fungi are dominant microorganisms in Antarctic snow, little is known about other organisms that may be present in this habitat. We used metabarcoding to investigate DNA sequence diversity of non-fungal eukaryotes present in snow obtained from six different sites across the Maritime Antarctica. A total of 20 taxa were assigned to obtained sequences, representing five Kingdoms (Chromista, Protozoa, Viridiplantae and Metazoa) and four phyla (Ciliophora, Cercozoa, Chlorophyta and Cnidaria)...
November 14, 2023: Extremophiles: Life Under Extreme Conditions