Proteorhodopsin Phototrophy in Antarctic Coastal Waters
Jerónimo Cifuentes-Anticevic,
María Estrella Alcamán,
Tomás Alarcón-Schumacher,
Javier Tamayo-Leiva,
Carlos Pedrós-Alió,
Laura Farías,
Beatriz Díez Moreno
August 2021
Abstract
Proteorhodopsin-bearing microorganisms in the Southern Ocean have been overlooked since their discovery in 2000. The present study identify taxonomy and quantify the relative abundance of proteorhodopsin-bearing bacteria and proteorhodopsin gene transcription in the West Antarctic Peninsula’s coastal waters.
Jerónimo Cifuentes-Anticevic
Scientific Collaborator
María Estrella Alcamán
Scientific Collaborator
Javier Tamayo-Leiva
PhD. Student
Beatriz Díez Moreno
Associate Professor.
P. Universidad Católica de Chile.
School of Biological Sciences,
Department of Molecular
Genetics and Microbiology,
Santiago, Chile.