Culturable microbes in shallow groundwater underlying ornithogenic soil of Cape Hallett, AntarcticaThis article is one of a selection of papers in the Special Issue on Polar and Alpine Microbiology.

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Microbiology
• Main Authors: Aislabie, J., Ryburn, J., Sarmah, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2009
• Subjects: Genetics; Molecular Biology; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; General Medicine; Immunology; Microbiology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Hallett; Cape Hallett; Seabee Hook; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/w08-118; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/W08-118; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/W08-118

The objective of this study was to investigate the culturable psychrotolerant microbial community in groundwater from Seabee Hook, Antarctica. Shallow groundwater can be present in coastal regions at higher latitudes during the Antarctic summer. Perched groundwater atop ice-cemented permafrost occur...