A growing population, changing climate, and constantly evolving pest pressures have for many years highlighted the importance of genetic diversity in food and crop systems. This is especially true in the Peruvian Andes, most famously known as the birthplace of the potato. Because of the harsh conditions under which the crop originated, maintaining a diverse […]
C27-P: MBI 475: Testing Heat Stress Resilience in Antarctic Microbial Communities Isolated from Lake Fryxell
As in various other natural environments, the mixed communities of microbes occupying the Antarctic lakes are marked by dynamic interactions between two important groups of microorganisms, the protists and the heterotrophic bacteria. The community structure in the lake habitat is composed of microorganisms that operate a simple food web in a physically and chemically stratified […]
B28-P: Importance of Light for Growth and Productivity of Antarctic Microbial Samples
Antarctic lake microbes survive in environments with a myriad of extreme conditions. Understanding microbial community structure and metabolic diversity in these stressful conditions is an underexplored topic in microbial ecology. Notably, these communities are largely dependent on photosynthesis to form the base of their food webs, and thus light availability has major implications on community […]