Bacterial communities of Antarctic lichens explored by gDNA and cDNA 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing.

ABSTRACT: Recently, lichens came once more into the scientific spotlight due to their unique relations with prokaryotes. Several temperate region lichen species have been thoroughly explored in this regard yet, the information on Antarctic lichens and their associated bacteriobiomes is somewhat lacking. In this paper, we assessed the phylogenetic structure of the whole and active fractions of bacterial communities housed by Antarctic lichens growing in different environmental conditions by targeted 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. Bacterial communities associated with lichens procured from a nitrogen enriched site were very distinct from the communities isolated from lichens of a nitrogen depleted site. The former were characterized by substantial contributions of Bacteroidetes phylum members and

SUBMITTER: Woltynska A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10373906 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature