A Halophilic Bacterium Inhabiting the Warm, CaCl 2 -Rich Brine of the Perennially Ice-Covered Lake Vanda, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
ABSTRACT Lake Vanda is a perennially ice-covered and stratified lake in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. The lake develops a distinct chemocline at about a 50-m depth, where the waters transition from cool, oxic, and fresh to warm, sulfidic, and hypersaline. The bottom water brine is unique, as...
Published in: | Applied and Environmental Microbiology |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2015
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.03968-14 https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.03968-14 |