Microbial Metabolic Redundancy Is a Key Mechanism in a Sulfur-Rich Glacial Ecosystem

• Published in: mSystems
• Main Authors: Trivedi, Christopher B., Stamps, Blake W., Lau, Graham E., Grasby, Stephen E., Templeton, Alexis S., Spear, John R.
• Other Authors: Makhalanyane, Thulani P., NASA Exobiology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; Borup Fiord
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00504-20; https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/mSystems.00504-20

A unique environment at Borup Fiord Pass is characterized by a sulfur-enriched glacial ecosystem in the low-temperature Canadian High Arctic. BFP represents one of the best terrestrial analog sites for studying icy, sulfur-rich worlds outside our own, such as Europa and Mars. The site also allows in...