Publication in Czech Polar Reports
This research represents the first attempt to study the structure and diversity of the archaeal and methanogenic archaeal community in selected lakes around the Czech polar station J.G. Mendel on James Ross Island (JRI), Antarctica. Sediment samples from a total of 19 of JRI and the nearby Vega Island and Long Island, were analyzed using 16S rRNA and mcrA genes sequencing and real-time qPCR. Contrary to the sequences retrieved by 16S rRNA analysis, many more reads belonging to methanogens were found with mcrA gene sequencing.