Bacteria and yeasts from lakes on Deception Island
The bacterial and yeast flora of five lakes—Kroner Lake, a meltwater pool, Relict Lake and two unnamed lakes—on Deception Island in Antarctica were examined. During the sampling and isolation, special care was taken to ensure that the micro-organisms never experienced a temperature above 10 °C. Gram...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rstb.1967.0012 2024-06-02T07:57:34+00:00 Bacteria and yeasts from lakes on Deception Island 1967 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1967.0012 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1967.0012 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences volume 252, issue 777, page 199-207 ISSN 2054-0280 journal-article 1967 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1967.0012 2024-05-07T14:16:53Z The bacterial and yeast flora of five lakes—Kroner Lake, a meltwater pool, Relict Lake and two unnamed lakes—on Deception Island in Antarctica were examined. During the sampling and isolation, special care was taken to ensure that the micro-organisms never experienced a temperature above 10 °C. Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria predominated in all of the lakes; Kroner Lake also contained large numbers of Gram-positive cocci. Yeasts were isolated from three of the lakes. An examination of the temperature characteristics of the predominant micro-organisms from the lakes showed that over three-quarters had optimum temperatures for growth below about 20 °C, while a third had maximum temperatures of about 20 °C. None of the thirty-one bacteria tested fermented lactose, raffinose or sucrose. Two strains fermented glucose, and one each glycerol and salicin. Several of the bacteria from Kroner Lake utilized compounds that may have been produced by the decomposition of algae in the lake. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Deception Island The Royal Society Deception Island ENVELOPE(-60.633,-60.633,-62.950,-62.950) Kroner Lake ENVELOPE(-60.575,-60.575,-62.980,-62.980) Relict Lake ENVELOPE(-60.588,-60.588,-62.942,-62.942) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 252 777 199 207 |
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The bacterial and yeast flora of five lakes—Kroner Lake, a meltwater pool, Relict Lake and two unnamed lakes—on Deception Island in Antarctica were examined. During the sampling and isolation, special care was taken to ensure that the micro-organisms never experienced a temperature above 10 °C. Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria predominated in all of the lakes; Kroner Lake also contained large numbers of Gram-positive cocci. Yeasts were isolated from three of the lakes. An examination of the temperature characteristics of the predominant micro-organisms from the lakes showed that over three-quarters had optimum temperatures for growth below about 20 °C, while a third had maximum temperatures of about 20 °C. None of the thirty-one bacteria tested fermented lactose, raffinose or sucrose. Two strains fermented glucose, and one each glycerol and salicin. Several of the bacteria from Kroner Lake utilized compounds that may have been produced by the decomposition of algae in the lake. |
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ENVELOPE(-60.633,-60.633,-62.950,-62.950) ENVELOPE(-60.575,-60.575,-62.980,-62.980) ENVELOPE(-60.588,-60.588,-62.942,-62.942) |
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