Diversity and Colonization Strategies of Endolithic Cyanobacteria in the Cold Mountain Desert of Pamir.

ABSTRACT: Microorganisms can survive in extreme environments and oligotrophic habitats thanks to their specific adaptive capacity. Due to its severe and contrasting climate conditions, the cold mountain desert in Eastern Pamir provides a unique environment for analyzing microbial adaptation mechanisms occurring within colonization of endolithic habitats. This study aims to investigate the composition and structure of endolithic microbial communities and analyze the interactions between microorganisms and colonized lithic substrates. Endolithic biofilms were examined using scanning electron microscopy in backscattered electron mode (SEM-BSE) and next-generation sequencing (NGS) applying amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) approach. The investigation of the V3-V4 region of 16S rRNA gene revealed that en

SUBMITTER: Khomutovska N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7822004 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature