In Situ Rhizosphere Microbiome in Antarctic Vascular Plants, Modulated by Soil Condition

Abstract

Antarctic soils are considered young soils; therefore, the microbiota associated with Antarctic vascular plants play a critical role in their productivity. In this research, we compared the microbiota from three different soil conditions using a 16S rRNA and internal transcribed spacer rRNA gene amplicon approach for bacterial and fungal communities.