Insights into the metabolism of the high temperature microbial community of Tramway Ridge, Mount Erebus, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Vickers, Chelsea J., Herbold, Craig W., Cary, S. Craig, Mcdonald, Ian R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; Mount Erebus; The Antarctic; Tramway Ridge; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s095410201500067x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S095410201500067X

Abstract Mount Erebus is the most active volcano on the Antarctic continent, and it has the most geographically and physically isolated geothermal soil on Earth. Preliminary genetic analysis of the microbial community present in the 65°C subsurface soil of Tramway Ridge, on Mount Erebus, revealed a...