[en] In this study, during the 2013 MicroFun expedition, we sampled 72 locations around Svalbard including diverse biotopes such as glacial forefields, tundra soils, hot springs, soil crusts, microbial mats, wet walls, cryoconites, plankton and periphyton, in order to (1) assess the biodiversity of cyanobacteria around Svalbard, (2) verify the existence of biogeographical trends around the archipelago, and (3) compare these data with other polar (cold) areas, especially Antarctica. We used a pyrosequencing approach targeting cyanobacteria-specific 16S rRNA gene sequences to deeply study the cyanobacterial communities.
Research Center/Unit :
Centre for Protein Engineering
Disciplines :
Microbiology
Author, co-author :
Wilmotte, Annick ; Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la vie > Physiologie et génétique bactériennes
Renard, Marine ; Université de Liège > Centre d'ingénierie des protéines
Lara, Yannick ; Université de Liège > Centre d'ingénierie des protéines
Cornet, Luc ; Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la vie > Phylogénomique des eucaryotes
Baurain, Denis ; Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la vie > Phylogénomique des eucaryotes
Waleron, Malgorzata
Waleron, Kzryzstof
Language :
English
Title :
The BCCM/ULC collection : a Biological Ressource Center for polar cyanobacteria
Publication date :
03 August 2015
Number of pages :
A0
Event name :
15th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes
