Remarkable Diversity of Phototrophic Purple Bacteria in a Permanently Frozen Antarctic Lake

• Published in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Karr, Elizabeth A., Sattley, W. Matthew, Jung, Deborah O., Madigan, Michael T., Achenbach, Laurie A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2003
• Subjects: Antarctic; Fryxell; Lake Fryxell; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.69.8.4910-4914.2003; https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.69.8.4910-4914.2003

ABSTRACT Although anoxygenic photosynthesis is thought to play an important role in the primary productivity of permanently frozen lakes in the Antarctic dry valleys, the bacterial communities responsible for this metabolism remain uncharacterized. Here we report the composition and activity of phot...