Isolation of bacteria and 16S rDNAs from Lake Vostok accretion ice

• Published in: Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Christner, Brent C., Mosley‐Thompson, Ellen, Thompson, Lonnie G., Reeve, John N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2001
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1462-2920.2001.00226.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1462-2920.2001.00226.x; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1046/j.1462-2920.2001.00226.x/fullpdf

Lake Vostok, the largest subglacial lake in Antarctica, is separated from the surface by ≈ 4 km of glacial ice. It has been isolated from direct surface input for at least 420 000 years, and the possibility of a novel environment and ecosystem therefore exists. Lake Vostok water has not been sampled...