Nutritional niches of potentially endemic, facultatively anaerobic heterotrophs from an isolated Antarctic terrestrial hydrothermal refugium elucidated through metagenomics
Metagenomic insights have provided a detailed understanding of the microbe-based ecosystem found in geothermally heated fumaroles at Tramway Ridge. This approach enabled us to compare Tramway Ridge with other microbial systems, identify potentially endemic taxa and elucidate the key metabolic pathways that may enable specific organisms to dominate the ecosystem.
Authors
- S. Craig Cary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2876-2387)
- Craig W. Herbold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3479-0197)
- Matthew B. Stott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2082-9460)
- Chelsea Vickers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4885-5361)
- Jonathan A. Eisen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0159-2197)
- Stephen E. Noell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7895-3846)
- Ian R. McDonald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4847-6492)
- Charles K. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6562-4733)
Institutions
- University of Canterbury (NZ)
- Clinical Trials New Zealand (NZ)
- University of Waikato (NZ)
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environmental Microbiome
- Published
- 2024-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-024-00655-5
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.92
Funders
- National Geographic Society
- Antarctica New Zealand
- Marsden Fund