Environmental filtering drives cryptic diversity and shifting interaction networks across lake, ephemeral pond, and desiccated microbial mat communities in the Untersee Oasis, East Antarctica
Lara Vimercati, Imogen Chakrabarti, Annabel Lindley, Carla Greco, Dale T. Andersen, Anne D. Jungblut
The paper examines microbial community assembly in Antarctic habitats, finding divergent strategies between bacteria and eukaryotes shaped by environmental filtering, dispersal limitation, and shifting interaction networks.
bioRxiv · Feb 16, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology