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Life in ruins: DNA metabarcoding contributes to the history of Whalers Bay wooden structures at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2024

Paulo E.A.S. Câmara Open the ORCID record for Paulo E.A.S. Câmara [Opens in a new window] ,
Fabyano A. Lopes Open the ORCID record for Fabyano A. Lopes [Opens in a new window] ,
Fábio L.V. Bones ,
Micheline Carvalho-Silva Open the ORCID record for Micheline Carvalho-Silva [Opens in a new window] ,
Peter Convey Open the ORCID record for Peter Convey [Opens in a new window] ,
Láuren De Souza ,
Lívia Coelho  and
Luiz Rosa
Paulo E.A.S. Câmara*
Affiliation:
Botany Department, University of Brasília, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, Brazil Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
Fabyano A. Lopes
Affiliation:
Federal University of Tocantins, Porto Nacional, Brazil
Fábio L.V. Bones
Affiliation:
Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
Micheline Carvalho-Silva
Affiliation:
Botany Department, University of Brasília, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, Brazil
Peter Convey
Affiliation:
British Antarctic Survey, NERC, Cambridge, UK University of Johannesburg, Department of Zoology, Johannesburg, South Africa
Láuren De Souza
Affiliation:
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Lívia Coelho
Affiliation:
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Luiz Rosa
Affiliation:
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
*
[email protected]
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Abstract

Deception Island is an Antarctic Specially Managed Area that houses historically important sites such as the remains of historical wooden buildings. The impacts of fungal communities on wood in polar historical sites have been investigated, but little is known of the impacts of other eukaryote groups. In the current study we used high-throughput sequencing to investigate the diversity of non-fungal eukaryotic organisms present in wood samples from Whalers Bay. Four sites were sampled, and DNA sequences representing three kingdoms (Chromista, Protozoa and Viridiplantae) and four phyla (Ciliophora, Perclozoa, Chlorophyta and Magnoliophyta) were identified, representing a total of 43 taxa. Biscoe House Annex hosted the richest diversity, with 20 taxa, followed by the whaling boat, Biscoe House and the Hunting Lodge, with 16, 15 and 12 taxa, respectively. The most frequently detected sequences were assigned to the ciliate group Sporadotrichida, some of which are known to play a role in cellulose degradation. Among the Chlorophyta, the sequences detected included common taxa previously recorded, but the flowering plant data represented only exotic taxa, probably associated with human activity or airborne transfer. The use of high-throughput sequencing provided valuable data on communities associated with anthropogenically sourced and now decaying wood in Antarctica.

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eDNAHSM 71HTSITSMaritime Antarctic
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Antarctic Science , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , October 2024 , pp. 281 - 289
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