ArticleMicrobial ecology2023
Snow Microorganisms Colonise Arctic Soils Following Snow Melt.
Article in Microbial ecology, 2023. 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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- Seasonal connectivity of microbes and carbohydrates between ocean, atmosphere, and cryosphere in Kongsfjorden (Svalbard, Arctic Ocean).ISME communications · 2026Article
- Metabolically flexible microorganisms rapidly establish glacial foreland ecosystems.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Bacterial divergence among the interconnected habitats of a High Arctic Lake.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2025Article
- Ski Tourism Shapes the Snow Microbiome on Ski Slopes in the Italian Central Alps.Environmental microbiology reports · 2025Article
- Determinism and stochasticity drive microbial community assembly and microbial interactions in calcareous glacier forefields.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- Microbial genetic potential differs among cryospheric habitats of the Damma glacier.Microbial genomics · 2024Article
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Abstract
Arctic soils are constantly subjected to microbial invasion from either airborne, marine, or animal sources, which may impact local microbial communities and ecosystem functioning. However, in winter, Arctic soils are isolated from outside sources other than snow, which is the sole source of microorganisms. Successful colonisation of soil by snow microorganisms depends on the ability to survive and compete of both, the invading and resident community. Using shallow shotgun metagenome sequencing and amplicon sequencing, this study monitored snow and soil microbial communities throughout snow melt to investigate the colonisation process of Arctic soils. Microbial colonisation likely occurred as all the characteristics of successful colonisation were observed. The colonising microorganisms originating from the snow were already adapted to the local environmental conditions and were subsequently subjected to many similar conditions in the Arctic soil. Furthermore, competition-related genes (e.g. motility and virulence) increased in snow samples as the snow melted. Overall, one hundred potentially successful colonisers were identified in the soil and, thus, demonstrated the deposition and growth of snow microorganisms in soils during melt.
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