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Microbial Community Structure Driven by a Volcanic Gradient in Glaciers of the Antarctic Archipelago South Shetland.

Eva García-Lopez, Sandra Serrano, Miguel Angel Calvo, Sonia Peña Perez, Silvia Sanchez-Casanova, Laura García-Descalzo, Cristina Cid

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Article in Microorganisms, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Proteomic characterization ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2026
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  2. Adaptation of the Endolithic Biome in Antarctic Volcanic Rocks.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eva García-LopezMolecular Evolution Department, Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA), Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 Madrid, Spain.
Sandra SerranoMolecular Evolution Department, Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA), Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 Madrid, Spain.
Miguel Angel CalvoMolecular Evolution Department, Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA), Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 Madrid, Spain.
Sonia Peña PerezMolecular Evolution Department, Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA), Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 Madrid, Spain.
Silvia Sanchez-CasanovaMolecular Evolution Department, Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA), Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 Madrid, Spain.
Laura García-DescalzoMolecular Evolution Department, Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA), Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 Madrid, Spain.
Cristina CidMolecular Evolution Department, Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA), Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5128-4558
Centro de Astrobiología · ES

Funding

Ministerio de Ciencia, Investigación y Universidades PID2019-104205GB-C22, MDM-2017-0737, PTA2016-12325-I
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It has been demonstrated that the englacial ecosystem in volcanic environments is inhabited by active bacteria. To know whether this result could be extrapolated to other Antarctic glaciers and to study the populations of microeukaryotes in addition to those of bacteria, a study was performed using ice samples from eight glaciers in the South Shetland archipelago. The identification of microbial communities of bacteria and microeukaryotes using 16S rRNA and 18S rRNA high throughput sequencing showed a great diversity when compared with microbiomes of other Antarctic glaciers or frozen deserts. Even the composition of the microbial communities identified in the glaciers from the same island was different, which may be due to the isolation of microbial clusters within the ice. A gradient in the abundance and diversity of the microbial communities from the volcano (west to the east) was observed. Additionally, a significant correlation was found between the chemical conditions of the ice samples and the composition of the prokaryotic populations inhabiting them along the volcanic gradient. The bacteria that participate in the sulfur cycle were those that best fit this trend. Furthermore, on the eastern island, a clear influence of human contamination was observed on the glacier microbiome.

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16S/18S rRNA high throughput sequencingAntarcticaastrobiologybiodiversitybiogeochemistrycryosphere microbiomeecologyglacier

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PMID33672948
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