sustainability Article Contrasting Patterns of Microbial Communities in Glacier Cryoconite of Nepali Himalaya and Greenland, Arctic Purnima Singh 1,2, Masaharu Tsuji 3 , Shiv Mohan Singh 4,5,* and Nozomu Takeuchi 6 1 Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts & Science, Goa 403602, India;
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[email protected] Received: 10 June 2020; Accepted: 30 July 2020; Published: 11 August 2020 Abstract: To understand the microbial composition and diversity patterns, cryoconite granules were collected from two geographical areas, i.e., Nepali Himalaya and Greenland, Arctic. 16S rRNA, ITS and the D1/D2 domain sequencing techniques were used for characterization of microbial communities of the four glaciers. The total 13 species of bacteria such as Bacillus aryabhattai, Bacillus simplex, Brevundimonas vesicularis, Cryobacterium luteum, Cryobacterium psychrotolerans, Dermacoccus nishinomiyaensis, Glaciihabitans tibetensis, Leifsonia kafniensis, Paracoccus limosus, Polaromonas glacialis,