Antarctic Lakes Brine Raw sequence reads

doi:10.15468/3jb22p

Antarctic Lakes Brine Raw sequence reads

Citation

MGnify (2019). Antarctic Lakes Brine Raw sequence reads. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/3jb22p accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-11-03.

Description

The Tarn Flat area is the largest ice-free area (ca. 11 9 km) north to the McMurdo Dry Valley in Victoria Land (Antarctica). The aim was to identify the biodiversity differences in hypersaline brines; understanding the reasons of these differences, considering that brines might contain DNA and RNA molecules that remain trapped inside for long geological eras, thus representing a key to reconstruct past ecosystems.

Sampling Description

Sampling

The Tarn Flat area is the largest ice-free area (ca. 11 9 km) north to the McMurdo Dry Valley in Victoria Land (Antarctica). The aim was to identify the biodiversity differences in hypersaline brines; understanding the reasons of these differences, considering that brines might contain DNA and RNA molecules that remain trapped inside for long geological eras, thus representing a key to reconstruct past ecosystems.

Method steps

Pipeline used: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/metagenomics/pipelines/4.1

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Bibliographic Citations

Papale M, Lo Giudice A, Conte A, Rizzo C, Rappazzo AC, Maimone G, Caruso G, La Ferla R, Azzaro M, Gugliandolo C, Paranhos R, Cabral AS, Romano Spica V, Guglielmin M. 2019. Microbial Assemblages in Pressurized Antarctic Brine Pockets (Tarn Flat, Northern Victoria Land): A Hotspot of Biodiversity and Activity. Microorganisms vol. 7 - DOI:10.3390/microorganisms7090333

Contacts

originator
University of Messina

metadata author
University of Messina

administrative point of contact
University of Messina