Polar solar panels: Arctic and Antarctic microbiomes display similar taxonomic profiles

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Polar solar panels: Arctic and Antarctic microbiomes display similar taxonomic profiles

Tanner, Kristie, Martí, Jose Manuel, Belliure, Josabel, Fernández‐Méndez, Mar, Molina‐Menor, Esther, Peretó, Juli and Porcar, Manuel ;

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Abstract

Solar panels located on high (Arctic and Antarctic) latitudes combine the harshness of the climate with that of the solar exposure. We report here that these polar solar panels are inhabited by similar microbial communities in taxonomic terms, dominated by Hymenobacter spp., Sphingomonas spp. and Ascomycota. Our results suggest that solar panels, even on high latitudes, can shape a microbial ecosystem adapted to irradiation and desiccation.

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Tanner, Kristie, Martí, Jose Manuel, Belliure, Josabel, Fernández‐Méndez, Mar, Molina‐Menor, Esther, Peretó, Juli and Porcar, Manuel ;

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Helmholtz Programs > Basic Research > Helmholtz Independent Research

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59671

DOI 10.1111/1758-2229.12608

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Tanner, K. , Martí, J. M. , Belliure, J. , Fernández‐Méndez, M. , Molina‐Menor, E. , Peretó, J. and Porcar, M. (2018): Polar solar panels: Arctic and Antarctic microbiomes display similar taxonomic profiles , Environmental Microbiology Reports, 10 (1), pp. 75-79 . doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.12608

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