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Bacterial communities in Antarctic lichens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2016

Chae Haeng Park ,
Kyung Mo Kim ,
Ok-Sun Kim ,
Gajin Jeong  and
Soon Gyu Hong
Chae Haeng Park
Affiliation:
Divison of Polar Life Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, 26 Songdomirae-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Korea School of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Science, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Seoul, Korea
Kyung Mo Kim
Affiliation:
Korean Bioinformation Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 111 Gwahangno, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea
Ok-Sun Kim
Affiliation:
Divison of Polar Life Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, 26 Songdomirae-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Korea
Gajin Jeong
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Science, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Seoul, Korea
Soon Gyu Hong*
Affiliation:
Divison of Polar Life Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, 26 Songdomirae-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Korea
*
polypore@kopri.re.kr
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Abstract

To date, many studies surveying the bacterial communities in lichen thalli from diverse geographical areas have shown that Alphaproteobacteria is the predominant bacterial class in most lichens. In this study, bacterial communities in several Antarctic lichens with different growth form and substrates were analysed. The bacterial community composition in fruticose and foliose lichens, Cladonia, Umbilicaria and Usnea, and crustose lichens, Buelia granulosa, Amandinea coniops and Ochrolechia parella, from King George Island was analysed by pyrosequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA genes. Results showed that Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria and Bacteroidetes were predominant phyla. The predominant bacterial class in most of the samples was Alphaproteobacteria. Acetobacteriaceae of the order Rhodospiralles in Alphaproteobacteria was the most abundant bacterial family in Antarctic lichens. The LAR1 lineage of the order Rhizobiales, a putative N-fixer which has been frequently observed in lichens from temperate areas, was detected only from a few samples at low frequency. It is expected that other bacterial taxa are working as N-fixers in Antarctic lichens. From the PCoA analysis of the Fast UniFrac distance matrix, it was proposed that the microbial community structures in Antarctic lichens were affected by host species, growth form and substrates.

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Cladonialichen-associated bacteriaUmbilicariaUsnea

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Antarctic Science , Volume 28 , Issue 6 , December 2016 , pp. 455 - 461
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