02145nas a2200409   4500008004100000245007300041210006900114260001200183490000700195520089800202653005701100653003001157653002601187653001701213653002401230653002001254653001001274100002001284700002101304700001701325700002201342700001801364700002101382700001601403700002101419700001501440700001801455700002301473700001801496700002601514700002201540700002301562700002201585700002501607700001901632856008401651       2024                        eng d00aBiogeographic survey of soil bacterial communities across Antarctica0 aBiogeographic survey of soil bacterial communities across Antarc  c01/20240 v123 a<p>Antarctica and its unique biodiversity are increasingly at risk from the effects of global climate change and other human influences. A significant recent element underpinning strategies for Antarctic conservation has been the development of a system of Antarctic Conservation Biogeographic Regions (ACBRs). The datasets supporting this classification are, however, dominated by eukaryotic taxa, with contributions from the bacterial domain restricted to Actinomycetota and Cyanobacteriota. Nevertheless, the ice-free areas of the Antarctic continent and the sub-Antarctic islands are dominated in terms of diversity by bacteria. Our study aims to generate a comprehensive phylogenetic dataset of Antarctic bacteria with wide geographical coverage on the continent and sub-Antarctic islands, to investigate whether bacterial diversity and distribution is reflected in the current ACBRs.</p>10aAntarctic Conservation Biogeographic Regions (ACBRs)10aAntarctic soil microbiome10abioclimatic variables10abiogeography10amicrobial diversity10aregionalization10asoils1 aVarliero, Gilda1 aLebre, Pedro, H.1 aAdams, Byron1 aChown, Steven, L.1 aConvey, Peter1 aDennis, Paul, G.1 aFan, Dandan1 aFerrari, Belinda1 aFrey, Beat1 aHogg, Ian, D.1 aHopkins, David, W.1 aKong, Weidong1 aMakhalanyane, Thulani1 aMatcher, Gwynneth1 aNewsham, Kevin, K.1 aStevens, Mark, I.1 aWeigh, Katherine, V.1 aCowan, Don, A.  uhttps://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40168-023-01719-3