Diversity of fungal DNA in lake sediments on Vega Island, north-east Antarctic Peninsula assessed using DNA metabarcoding

Ogaki, M.B.; Câmara, P.E.A.S.; Pinto, O.H.B.; Lirio, J.M.; Coria, S.H.; Vieira, R.; Carvalho‑Silva, M.; Convey, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8497-9903; Rosa, C.A.; Rosa, L.H.. 2021 Diversity of fungal DNA in lake sediments on Vega Island, north-east Antarctic Peninsula assessed using DNA metabarcoding. Extremophiles, 25. 257-265. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-021-01226-z

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Abstract/Summary

We assessed the diversity of fungal DNA present in sediments of three lakes on Vega Island, north-east Antarctic Peninsula using metabarcoding through high-throughput sequencing (HTS). A total of 640,902 fungal DNA reads were detected, which were assigned to 224 taxa of the phyla Ascomycota, Rozellomycota, Basidiomycota, Chytridiomycota and Mortierellomycota, in rank order of abundance. The most abundant genera were Pseudogymnoascus, Penicillium and Mortierella. However, a majority (423,508, 66%) of the reads, representing by 43 ASVs, could only be assigned at higher taxonomic levels and may represent taxa not currently included in the sequence databases used or be new or previously unreported taxa present in Antarctic lakes. The three lakes were characterized by high sequence diversity, richness, and moderate dominance indices. The ASVs were dominated by psychrotolerant and cosmopolitan cold-adapted Ascomycota, Basidiomycota and Mortierellomycota commonly reported in Antarctic environments. However, other taxa detected included unidentified members of Rozellomycota and Chytridiomycota species not previously reported in Antarctic lakes. The assigned diversity was composed mainly of taxa recognized as decomposers and pathogens of plants and invertebrates.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-021-01226-z
ISSN:	1433-4909
Additional Keywords:	Antarctica · Fungi · Extremophile · High-throughput sequencing · Taxonomy
Date made live:	13 Apr 2021 08:52 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530037

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-021-01226-z

ISSN:

1433-4909

Additional Keywords:

Antarctica · Fungi · Extremophile · High-throughput sequencing · Taxonomy

Date made live:

13 Apr 2021 08:52 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530037