A Halophilic Bacterium Inhabiting the Warm, CaCl 2 -Rich Brine of the Perennially Ice-Covered Lake Vanda, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

• Published in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Tregoning, George S., Kempher, Megan L., Jung, Deborah O., Samarkin, Vladimir A., Joye, Samantha B., Madigan, Michael T.
• Other Authors: Liu, S.-J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2015
• Subjects: Lake Vanda; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Vanda; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.03968-14; https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.03968-14

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...