Bacteria on mummified seals in the Antarctic Dry Valleys

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Description

Amplicon dataset of Bacteria (16S ssu rRNA) living around mummified seal carcasses in the Antarctic Dry Valleys

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Tiao G, Lee C, McDonald I, Cowan D, Cary C (2019): Bacteria on mummified seals in the Antarctic Dry Valleys. v1.2. SCAR - Microbial Antarctic Resource System. Dataset/Metadata. https://ipt.biodiversity.aq/resource?r=antarctic_dry_valley_mummified_seal_microbiome&v=1.2

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Contacts

Grace Tiao
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
University of Waikato
Hamilton
NZ
Charles Lee
  • Originator
University of Waikato
Hamilton
NZ
Ian McDonald
  • Originator
University of Waikato
Hamilton
NZ
Donald Cowan
  • Originator
University of the Western Cape
Cape Town
ZA
Craig Cary
  • Originator
University of Waikato
Hamilton
NZ
Maxime Sweetlove
  • Metadata Provider
Research assistent
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Rue Vautier 29
1000 Brussels

Geographic Coverage

soil samples from under and around mummified crabeater seal near Lake Miers (S 78°05′36″, E 163°51′22″), Miers Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica, that was transported to a similar site 20 m north.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-78.933, 163.856], North East [-78.933, 163.856]

Taxonomic Coverage

Amplicin sequencing of Bacteria (16S ssu rRNA gene)

Domain Bacteria (Bacteria)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2005-01-15 / 2009-01-15

Project Data

No Description available

Title Seal Movement
Funding This work was supported through grants from the New Zealand Foundation for Research Science and Technology, Antarctica New Zealand, and the National Science Foundation (OPP-0739648 and 0944560). Additional support was provided by a George Peabody Gardner Fellowship, by the New Zealand Foundation for Research, Science and Technology Postdoctoral Research Fellowship and the New Zealand Marsden Foundation (UOW1003).

The personnel involved in the project:

Grace Tiao

Sampling Methods

Soil samples (>10 g each) were collected aseptically at a depth of 0.05m. Samples were stored in sterile plastic containers at −80 °C until analysis.

Study Extent On 30 January 2006, a mummified crabeater seal was carried from its original resting site near Lake Miers (S 78°05′36″, E 163°51′22″), Miers Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica, to a new site of similar geomorphology 20 m north. Samples for amplicon sequencing were taken from the original site before transportation (austral summer 2005), the new site before transportation (control, austral summer 2006), and the new site after incubation (austral summer 2009)

Method step description:

  1. 16S rRNA gene were generated using the primer pair Tx9 (5′-GGATTAGAWACCCBGGTAGTC-3′) and 1391R (5′-GACGGGCRGTGWGTRCA-3′). PCR was performed in triplicate and pooled to reduce stochastic variability between reactions. Each 30 μl reaction contained 5 or 20 ng of extracted community DNA, Pfx polymerase and platinum polymerase (0.5 U each; Invitrogen), 1× Pfx PCR buffer with Pfx enhancer, 0.2 mM dNTPs, 1 mM MgCl2, 0.02 mg ml−1 BSA, 0.8 μM of forward and reverse primer, and PCR-grade water. Thermal cycling conditions were 94 °C for 2 min; 18 or 24 cycles of 94 °C for 15 s, 55 °C for 30 s and 68 °C for 1 min; and 68 °C for 3 min.
  2. Amplicons were size-selected and purified using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis before being prepared for pyrosequencing by Taxon Biosciences (Tiburon, CA, USA).

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Tiao, G., Lee, C. K., McDonald, I. R., Cowan, D. A., & Cary, S. C. (2012). Rapid microbial response to the presence of an ancient relic in the Antarctic Dry Valleys. Nature Communications, 3, 660.

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https://ipt.biodiversity.aq/resource?r=antarctic_dry_valley_mummified_seal_microbiome