Metabarcoding analysis of the fungal biodiversity associated with Castaño Overa Glacier – Mount Tronador, Patagonia, Argentina

Cold environments represent the largest fraction of Earth's biosphere, and are known habitats for cold-adapted microorganisms. The aim of this study was to assess the occurrence and biodiversity of cold-adapted fungi associated with the Castaño Overo glacier, Mount Tronador, Patagonia, Argentina. Samples of naked soil, glacial ice and snow were collected and analyzed using tag-encoded 454 pyrosequencing of the nuclear ribosomal internal...