Exploring bacterial diversity in Arctic fjord sediments: a 16S rRNA-based metabarcoding portrait.

ABSTRACT: The frosty polar environment houses diverse habitats mostly driven by psychrophilic and psychrotolerant microbes. Along with traditional cultivation methods, next-generation sequencing technologies have become common for exploring microbial communities from various extreme environments. Investigations on glaciers, ice sheets, ponds, lakes, etc. have revealed the existence of numerous microorganisms while details of microbial communities in the Arctic fjords remain incomplete. The current study focuses on understanding the bacterial diversity in two Arctic fjord sediments employing the 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding and its comparison with previous studies from various Arctic habitats. The study revealed that Proteobacteria was the dominant phylum from both the fjord samples followed by Bacter

SUBMITTER: Kachiprath B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10920534 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature